2015 -16 MEDIA GUIDE
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Introduction 2015-16
Women’s Golf Media Guide
Fall Season Sept. 20-22 Sept. 28-29 Oct. 12-13 Oct. 19-20
Lady Paladin Invitational Greenville, S.C. Jacksonville Classic Ponte Verda, Fla. Loyola Whistling Straits Intercollegiate Kohler, Wis. Terrier Intercollegiate Spartanburg, S.C.
Spring Season Feb. 22-23 March 14-15 March 19-20 April 3-4 April 10-12
JU Amelia Island Collegiate Bulldog Invitational Low Country Intercollegiate Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate SoCon Championship
Fernandina Beach, Fla. Charleston, S.C. Hilton Head, S.C. Morganton, N.C. Pooler, Ga. Home Tournaments in Bold
On The Cover... Featured on the cover of the 2015-16 Wofford Women’s Golf Media Guide are sophomores Nicole Chin (left) and Lela Oakley (right). Cover photographed by Mark Olencki. Cover art designed by Michelle Griggs, edited by Brent Williamson & Kyle Mattracion.
Introduction/Schedule..................... 1 Quick Hits/Media Info..................... 2 Being a Terrier............................... 3 This is Wofford........................... 4-11 Wofford Hall of Fame......................12 2015-16 Roster.............................13 Head Coach Angie Ridgeway.........14-15 Terrier Bios..............................16-23 2014-15 Results........................24-25 Record Book............................26-27 Honors & Awards...........................28 SoCon Tournament History...............29 Golf Facilities............................30-31 The Hub City...............................32 Phi Beta Kappa..............................33 The Southern Conference.............34-35 Wofford Administration & Staff......36-39 Sports Medicine............................40 Athletic Facilities........Inside Back Cover
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2015-16 MEDIA GUIDE
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Quick Hits General Information
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Location ......................................................................................... Spartanburg, S.C. Founded..............................................................................................................1854 Enrollment.........................................................................................................1,650 Nickname........................................................................................................Terriers Colors............................................................................................Old Gold and Black Conference...................................................................................................Southern
Campus Administration
President .................................................Dr. Nayef Samhat (George Washington ‘83) Faculty Athletic Representative.....................................Dr. Jameica Hill (Wofford ‘88) Athletic Director..................................................... Richard Johnson (The Citadel ‘76) Athletic Department Phone...............................................................(864) 597-4090 Mailing Address...................................429 N. Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 Athletics Web Site............................................................. www.woffordterriers.com
Athletic Administration
Athletic Director................................................................................Richard Johnson Sr. Associate AD/Development..................................................................Terri Lewitt Sr. Associate AD/Sports Programs...............................................................Mark Line Associate AD/Compliance/SWA...........................................................Elizabeth Rabb Associate AD/Marketing and Promotions.............................................. Lenny Mathis Associate AD/Media Relations..........................................................Brent Williamson Director of Facilities.....................................................................................Andy Kiah Director of Video Services......................................................................... Garrett Hall Assistant Media Relations Director.....................................................Kyle Mattracion Ticket Manager......................................................................................Shelby Taylor Wofford Sports Marketing/IMG....................................................................Lia Carter Internal Operations Assistant..................................................................... Ryan Price Terrier Club - Member Services......................................................Mary Kathryn Jolly Terrier Club - Membership Development................................................... Luke Feisal Administrative Assistant...................................................................Caroline Thomas Administrative Assistant..........................................................................Traci Wilson Marketing & Promotions Coordinator................................................... Melissa Welch Digital Media/Community Relations Coordinator ��������������������������������������Cara Bailie Media Relations Assistant......................................................................... Cory Smith
WOFFORDTERRIERS.COM
In the summer of 2015, Wofford College launched an updated website for athletics which can be found at www.woffordterriers.com. The site contains all the information any Terrier fan is looking for, including rosters, schedules, student-athlete bios, updated statistics and archives. Live stats for most sports are also provided. This season, the site will link with the Southern Conference Digital Network to provide free live video of a wide variety of events, including football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball, on any device with a broadband connection.
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Coaching Staff
Head Coach................................................................. Angie Ridgeway(12th season) Alma mater (year)..................................................................Appalachian State (‘87) Office phone...................................................................................... (864) 597-4495 Office fax........................................................................................... (864) 597-4112 Email................................................................................ RidgewayAJ@wofford.edu Assistant Coach..................................................................Erin Wells (Fourth season) Athletic Trainer............................................................................................Alyss Hart
Team Information
2014-15 SoCon Tournament Finish......................................................4th (+21, 885) Best 2014-15 Finish................................ 2nd (+40, 328 - Winthrop Fall Invitational) ............................................................2nd (+42, 618 - Low Country Intercollegiate) Letterwinners Returning/Lost............................................................................... 6/2 Newcomers...............................................................................................................2 Wofford College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any legally protected status. TITLE IX Coordinator TITLE IX Coordinator Human Resource Director Director of Multicultural Affairs 429 North Church Street 429 North Church Street Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663 Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663 864-597-4230 864-597-4043
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ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS
Associate AD for Media Relations: Brent Williamson Office Phone: 864-597-4093 E-Mail: williamsondb@wofford.edu FAX: 864-597-4129 Assistant Director for Media Relations/Golf Contact: Kyle Mattracion E-Mail: mattracionkm@wofford.edu Office Phone: 864-597-4092 Media Relations Intern: Cory Smith E-Mail: smithcd2@wofford.edu Office Phone: 864-597-4098 Mailing Address: 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303 Athletic website: www. woffordterriers.com
Wofford Terriers DIRECTIONS TO CAMPUS
From the West/GSP Airport: Take I-85 north to exit 69 (Business 85 North). Exit at 5A, I-585 South/US 176. After 2.5 miles, turn right on McCravy, then left at the light on Wood Street, which turns into Cummings Street. Street leads to Benjamin Johnson Arena and campus. From the North: Take I-26 east to exit 15 (US 176). Follow for 7 miles. Turn right on McCravy, then left at the light on Wood Street, which turns into Cummings Street. Street leads to Benjamin Johnson Arena and campus. From the East/Charlotte Airport: Take I-85 south to exit 77 (Business 85 South). Exit at 5A, I-585 South/US 176. After 2.5 miles, turn right on McCravy, then left at the light on Wood Street, which turns into Cummings Street. Street leads to Benjamin Johnson Arena and campus. From the South: Take I-26 west to exit 21B (US 29 North). After 3.5 miles, turn left on St. John Street. Turn left at North Church Street. Turn right on Evins Street to reach the athletic facilities.
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Being a Terrier THE TERRIER SCULPTURE
A sculpture of a Terrier was unveiled on March 25, 2008 outside of the Student Life Building as a gift to Wofford College from the Class of 1956. The following is the text of an address given by Talmage Boyd Skinner, Jr., 1956, Chaplain Emeritus of Wofford College on the dedication.
THE TERRIER THROUGH THE YEARS
The Wofford Terrier logo has seen numerous variations through the years. Below are several of those logos from the past.
1920’s
1950’s
“SpaceDog”
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Credits The 2014-15 Wofford College men’s golf media guide is a publication of the Wofford athletic media relations office. Editor: Kyle Mattracion. Research conducted by Phillip Stone of the Wofford Library Archives. Photographs provided by Willis Glassgow, Mark Olencki and Trent Brock. Headshots by Mark Olencki. Printed February, 2015
Wofford College Mission Statement
Wofford’s mission is to provide superior liberal arts education that prepares its students for extraordinary and positive contributions to society. The focus of Wofford’s mission is upon fostering commitment to excellence in character, performance, leadership, service to others and life-long learning.
NCAA COMPLIANCE
The importance of following all NCAA rules and regulations is imperative to maintaining the integrity of Wofford College and intercollegiate athletics. We ask all who are associated with the institutions athletics programs to help the College protect the spirit of competition, the athletics eligibility of our student-athletes and the reputation of the College by adhering to the rules and regulations of the NCAA and by contacting the Compliance Office or the NCAA with all questions. If you have any questions about NCAA rules, please contact Elizabeth Rabb at (864) 597-4090, the Wofford website at woffordterriers.com and click on ‘Compliance,’ or the NCAA at www.ncaa.org. What is a Representative of Athletics Interests (Booster/Donor)? All alumni, friends, and employees of the College are categorized as ‘representatives of athletics interest.’ The NCAA stipulates that once an individual has been identified as a ‘representative’ or “booster/donor” he/she retains this status forever even if the individual is no longer associated with the athletics program. Furthermore the NCAA states that it is possible for a person to be a representative of more than one institution at the same time. A representative of athletics interest may not: • Contact a prospect’s coach, principal or counselor in an effort to evaluate a prospect • Visit the prospect’s institution to pick up film or transcripts • Contact a prospect, his/her parents, legal guardians or spouse on or off campus • Contact a prospect by telephone or letter • Make special arrangements to entertain a recruit • Provide extra benefits to a prospect, student-athlete or the parents, family and/ or guardians of the prospects or student-athletes
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The mascot of a college should, in large measure, represent the character of the place. In this Palmetto State, we are surrounded by a bevy of mascots. There are Gamecocks and Tigers, Bulldogs and a Rooster named Chanticleer, Indians, Paladins, Cougars, Valkyries, and one school has a sock for an ensign. There are Trojans, Pioneers, and Spartans, and various Cats and feathered creatures. In all the land, only two other schools are Terriers. Some will laugh when we affirm that we are the only true Terriers. Some chuckle when we are audacious enough to claim to be unique and even superior in so many aspects of being a college. The most arrogant of us will admit that there are many good colleges. We have even tried to copy some. I have always been a bit uncomfortable when we talk of another school being a – “flagship” that we need to emulate. Hey! We ARE the flagship! Forgive the pride of some old guys who have loved this little school for over half a century. Yes, we did not come to Wofford just to purchase an education; we joined Wofford. We were adopted into the family with a bond that cannot be broken. Many colleges claim to be family. We truly are. Ours is a bond of shared experience hammered out on the playing fields against foes our size and those with more students than we have living alumni. It does not stop with athletics. The term “student athlete” has authenticity at Wofford. The bond is from a shared academic experience that is not content just to pass on socalled facts, but prepares students to think and to continue to grow. The “proof of the pudding” is in the doctors, lawyers, college presidents and professors, teachers, coaches, leaders in business and service - even in the ministry of the Church. A bond is created in the experience of the arts - the theater program, choral music, strings. One thing we lack - a band - not just the band class that plays well once or twice a year, but a BAND for spirit and musical experience. A bond is created through service programs and the physical arts witnessed by so many exhibitions on campus. Not the least is a religious life program that is open and tolerant, that walks with students seeking answers and helps them first learn to ask questions. We, the Class of 1956 present this Terrier to our college as a symbol of Wofford Spirit in all aspects of this place like no other. We want to add to the tradition of this sacred ground. We want to remind the present Wofford that there is a past on which she stands and remind all of us that it all will be forgotten if we do not have a vision for the future. Our goal should be deeper than the usual quest for reputation, wealth, and prestige. Dr. Dunlap has always called Wofford a “kingdom of the just.” May that ever be our watchword. It may be a simple, unsophisticated phrase, but we are called not to be powerful, but good. As the prophet Micah said, “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.” The Class of 1956 proudly and humbly presents this physical representation of the Spirit of Wofford College and all those members of our family who ever lived or presently live on the “City’s Northern Border,” and all who are yet to dwell in the shadow of the Twin Towers.
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Wofford College, established in 1854, is a four-year, independent, residential liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, S.C. It offers a distinctive program with 25 major fields of study to a student body of 1,650 undergraduates. Nationally known for the strength of its academic program, outstanding faculty, study abroad participation and successful graduates, Wofford ranks well in U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, The Fiske Guide to College, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance and the Open Doors Report on International Education Exchange, an organization that ranks Wofford #4 in the nation for study abroad participation. Wofford has produced six Rhodes Scholars and is home to one of the nation’s 283 Phi Beta Kappa chapters. A leader in offering high-impact learning opportunities to students, Wofford encourages students to take advantage of all that Wofford, and through it the world, has to offer. These opportunities include internships with scientific, corporate and non-profit organizations across the globe, undergraduate research opportunities, service-learning in the local community, international study abroad programming and a thriving host of co-curricular opportunities on campus. One of those co-curricular offerings is the R. Michael James Fund, a student-managed and operated investment organization. The Space in the Mungo Center also prepares students for life after Wofford by offering professional development, career services and much more. Student and residence life on campus include exciting Division I NCAA athletics, opportunities to participate in one of the college’s Greek-letter fraternities or sororities, competitive intramurals, a diverse selection of clubs, student publications and a housing plan that helps students progress from first year through fourth in a close-knit community that builds independence. The residence life experience culminates in a final year in The Village, beautiful, Charlestonian-style apartments
designed to help transition students from college student to successful graduate. Thanks to the generosity of alumnus and trustee Jerry Richardson ’59, construction on Wofford’s Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts and has begun, and the college soon will begin building the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium to house new basketball and volleyball arenas. Construction on the new Greek Village also has started. Wofford’s entire 175-acre campus is a national arboretum, named the Roger Milliken Arboretum at Wofford College in honor of the late longtime trustee and benefactor.
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ACADEMICS AT WOFFORD
terdisciplinary field that is at the intersection of the sciences, computer science and mathematics, involves learning to store, retrieve, process and visualize massive amounts of information in web-accessed databases. The Novel Experience, a first-year reading and writing program that offers an introduction to the academic rigors of Wofford while familiarizing students with the Spartanburg community. The Creative Writing Concentration, a program led by outstanding published faculty authors that provides additional opportunities for students to hone their creative writing skills, earn coveted prizes and become published writers. The Wofford Writers Series brings published writers to campus to augment the Creative Writing Concentration.
ACADEMIC MAJORS Accounting Art History Biology Business Economics Chemistry Chinese Computer Science Economics English Environmental Studies Finance French German Government History Humanities Intercultural Studies Mathematics Philosophy Physics Psychology Religion Sociology Spanish Theatre
The Presidential International Scholar program offers an opportunity for an outstanding, intellectually gifted student to visit developing countries researching a specific academic area of interest. The student then returns to campus to share his or her experiences. Presidential Seminar, a weekly seminar for outstanding seniors hosted by Wofford President Nayef H. Samhat. Seminar participants explore interdisciplinary subjects of current significance. The college now has a similar program for juniors. Liberty Fellowship is a two-year leadership experience for young citizens of South Carolina with exemplary promise for societal achievement. The Liberty Fellowship is housed at the college and offered in partnership with South Carolina businessman Hayne Hipp and the Aspen Institute.
ACADEMIC MINORS Accounting Art History Business Chemisty Chinese Studies Computer Science Creative Writing Economics English Environmental Studies Finance German Studies Government History Mathematics Philosophy Religion Sociology Studio Art Theatre
PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS Education Pre-Engineering
Pre-Dental Pre-Law Pre-Medical Pre-Ministry Pre-Pharmacy Pre-Veterinary Science
OTHER PROGRAMS
African/African-American Studies Asian Studies Classical Civilizations Computational Science Gender Studies Government Concentrations: American Politics Political Thought World Politics Information Management Latin American and Caribbean Studies Mathematics Concentrations: Applied Math Pure Math Medical Humanities Middle Eastern and North African Studies Military Science / Army ROTC Music Neuroscience 19th Century Studies
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Wofford offers distinctive learning opportunities that set it apart from other liberal arts colleges. A few of those high-impact educational experiences include: The Interim, a January term that encourages students and faculty to explore new interests both on and off campus. A small sampling of on-campus programs include: Animal Cognition and Rat Basketball, Personal Finance, and Riding and Researching the Horse. Travel/study projects will take students to Australia, Cuba, China, Ireland, Germany, Japan and other sites around the world. Students also complete internships both locally and around the globe. The Bonner Scholar program, a service-learning scholarship program that places deserving students in volunteer positions throughout the community. The Space in the Mungo Center, a place where students can build upon their liberal arts education by adding professional skills desired by employers and graduate schools. The Space includes The Space to: Prepare (career services and professional development training); The Space to: Impact (a four-year scholarship program that empowers students to impact the world); The Space to: Launch (entrepreneurship support and competitions); The Space to: Consult (hands-on research, writing and problem-solving training within a consulting framework); and The Space to: Explore (indepth global study). Environmental Studies provides a creative and supportive learning environment that helps students pursue their goals in the field of sustainability. It operates both on Wofford’s campus and at the college’s Goodall Environmental Studies Center at Glendale, S.C. The property where the center is located borders 19 acres of protected green space along Lawson’s Fork Creek. Neuroscience, a program that allows students to examine the nervous system and its regulation of behavior through an experimental approach, is offered jointly by the Departments of Psychology and Biology. Computational Science, a fast-growing in-
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JERRY RICHARDSON INDOOR STADIUM
Wofford announced on Nov. 17, 2014, its plans to build the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium to house a new basketball/volleyball arena, locker rooms and other facilities. The facility will be adjacent to the north end of Gibbs Stadium, where the Terriers play football. Construction on the facility begins in the fall of 2015 with the opening date slated for September 2017. Wofford alumnus and trustee Jerry Richardson ‘59 provided the gift to fund the 110,000-square-foot facility that will include a 3,400-seat basketball arena and a 500-seat volleyball competition venue. The Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium will serve as the home for women’s basketball, men’s basketball and volleyball and have a seating capacity for non-athletics functions, such as commencement and concerts, of 4,500. It will include home and visitor lockers for multiple sports, a state-of-the-art training room, coaches’ offices and locker rooms and team meeting rooms. Other features include a video board and ribbon boards,
plus designated areas specifically designed for students, fans, children and donors. Four open-air suites also are planned.
ROSALIND SALLENGER RICHARDSON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Wofford alumnus and Carolina Panthers founder and owner Jerry Richardson and his wife, Rosalind Richardson, helped turn the first shovels of dirt on May 12, 2015, to begin construction of the Rosalind Sallenger Richardson Center for the Arts at Wofford College during a groundbreaking ceremony. The 67,000-square-foot facility will house the college’s theatre and visual arts programs and will include a 300-seat performance hall along with a museum and a student gallery. It will feature two custom-made glass sculptures by internationally renowned artist Dale Chihuly. The Center for the Arts will feature a material pallet of masonry, stucco and copper. Large areas of glass will connect the interior to the outdoors, filling
art studios with natural light and creating transparency and openness between spaces and across an outdoor sculpture garden. Richardson, a 1959 Wofford graduate and member of the college’s board of trustees, provided the gift for the center in honor of his wife’s commitment and dedication to the arts.
GREEK VILLAGE
Greek life at Wofford College has a long and vibrant history, one steeped in tradition, philanthropy, fellowship, scholarship, leadership, and the ideals of brotherhood and sisterhood. Wofford’s fraternity houses were constructed in the mid-1950s and were filled with fond memories for students and alumni, but have served their purpose. They will be replaced with new, more serviceable spaces for North-American National Interfraternity Conference organizations and add options for National Panhellenic Conference and National PanHellenic Council organizations. The Greek Village will be located across Evins Street from the main portion of campus and will be completed in the spring of 2016.
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WOFFORD ALUMNI
MAJOR GENERAL RODNEY O. ANDERSON ’79 Retired deputy commanding general, XVIII Airborne Corps DAVID BRESENHAM ’93 Producer of “American Guns” and “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” Also has worked on “Real World/Road Rules Challenge,”“Big Brother,”“Alaskan Steel Men” and “Whale Wars” HAROLD CHANDLER ’71 COO, Univers Workplace Benefits; chairman of the board, Milliken & Co. MICHAEL COPPS ’63 Former commissioner, FCC. Previously served as assistant secretary commerce for trade development FISHER DeBERRY ’60 Former football coach at Air Force (1983-2006) and served as president of the American Football Coaches Association. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011
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DR. DENDY ENGELMAN ’98 Director of dermatologic surgery, New York Medical College; associate at Manhattan Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery CHAD FIVEASH ’94 Writer and producer of television series such as “Kyle XY,” “Glory Daze,” “One Tree Hill,” “Switched at Birth” and “The Vampire Diaries” VAN HIPP JR. ’82 President and CEO, American Defense Institute PERRY HOLLOWAY ’83 U.S. Ambassador to Guyana, pending confirmation WHITNEY HOWARD ’98 Vice president, business development and strategy, Condé Nast Entertainment BEN INGRAM ’05 Winner of 2014 “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions GEORGE DEAN JOHNSON JR. ’64 Founder and chairman of Johnson Development Associates Inc. and founder and former CEO and director of Extended Stay America Inc. MARGARET KEY ’95 CEO, Asia-Pacific, Burson-Marsteller CRAIG MELVIN ’01 National correspondent for NBC’s “Today Show” DANNY MORRISON ’75 President, Carolina Panthers. Previously served as athletics director at Texas Christian University and Wofford as well as commissioner of the Southern Conference WENDI NIX ’96 On-air talent for ESPN, covering NFL, college football, baseball and PGA golf
GREG O’DELL ’92 CEO of Events DC, which owns and operates the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. As chief executive of the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission, he oversaw construction of the Washington Nationals Ballpark COSTA M. PLEICONES ’62 Elected as chief justice of the S.C. Supreme Court effective January 2016 STANLEY PORTER ’89 Managing director, Deloitte Consulting, Greater Washington, D.C., area JERRY RICHARDSON ’59 Founder and owner of the Carolina Panthers. CATHERINE SMITH ’91 Professor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law; associate dean of institutional diversity and inclusiveness JOE TAYLOR ’80 Former Secretary of Commerce, state of South Carolina WALT WILKINS ’96 Former U.S. attorney, state of South Carolina. Currently solicitor for the 13th Judicial Circuit JOYCE PAYNE YETTE ’80 Managing director, general counsel, Promontory Financial Group
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Wofford alumni live in all 50 states and in more than 35 foreign countries. They include six Rhodes Scholars, six Truman Scholars and two Barry M. Goldwater Scholars. Of 16,707 living alumni, 3,218 are in senior management of corporations or organizations, 1,302 practice medicine, dentistry or other health care professions, and 827 are attorneys or judges.
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TERRIERS IN THE PROS Dating back to 1919 when Frank Ellerbee played baseball for the Washington Senators, Wofford alumni have made an impact in professional sports. From basketball to baseball to football and golf, Wofford alumni are making their marks in professional league around the globe. William McGirt has earned over $4 million on the PGA Tour since earning his card in 2011. He played in his first major, the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah. In basketball, Mike Lenzly played for several years in Europe. In 2012, he was a member of the Great Britain Olympic Team that competed in the London Games. Additional Terriers who have played overseas recently include Noah Dahlman, Drew Gibson, Junior Salters, Howard Wilkerson, Brad Loesing, Aerris Smith Drew Crowell, Lee Skinner, Karl Cochran, and Kevin Giltner. Wofford also has been well represented in minor league baseball. Brandon Waring, Michael Gilmartin, Alex Wilson, J.D. Osborne, and Luke Leftwich all were with teams in the last three seasons. John Cornely made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in 2015. Over the past seven years, Andy Strickland (Atlanta and Jacksonville), Tommy Irvin (Arizona), Pat Illig
(Detroit), Kasey Redfern (Jacksonville), Alvin Scioneaux (San Diego) and Brenton Bersin (Carolina) have been in NFL training camps. Bersin had 13 catches for the NFC South Champions in 2014. Ameet Pall was the fifth overall pick in the 2012 Canadian Football League draft and played for Montreal and Winnipeg.
Top: William McGirt on the PGA Tour. Above: Mike Lenzly guards Kobe Bryant in an exhibition game before the 2012 Olympics. Bottom: John Cornely with the Gwinnett Braves. Top Right: Brenton Bersin with the Carolina Panthers. Bottom Right: Brandon Waring with the Bowie Baysox.
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Any tribute to the life and accomplishments of Jerry Richardson must include a strong emphasis on the word “teamwork.” Along every step of Richardson’s remarkable journey, he has relied on and been tremendously supported by a faithful group surrounding him, including family, coaches, teammates, business associates, and a close circle of personal friends for a lifetime. A large number of those connections are tied back to Wofford College, and for many years, Richardson has been quick to say that “without Wofford’s influence on my life, I would not have been able to accomplish what I have.” Jerry Richardson was born in July 1936 in Spring Hope, N.C., as an only child to George Bertram Richardson and Mary Williams Richardson, but considers nearby Fayetteville as his hometown. He became a star athlete at Fayetteville High School, befriended six men who would be lifelong friends, and was coached and mentored by Bob Prevatte, a 1950 Wofford graduate, whose influence on young Richardson would be profound. Upon graduating from Fayetteville High in 1954, Richardson accepted a $250 scholarship to Wofford College to play football, where his tireless work ethic and physical talent quickly caught the attention of Terrier coaches and fans. The three-time All-South Carolina, and two-time All-American, still holds school records for career touchdown receptions with 21, season touchdown receptions with 9, and most receiving yards in a game with 241. As a Wofford student-athlete, Richardson was selected to membership in Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and Scabbard and Blade, was a member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity and chaired the Interfraternity Council as well as being selected to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Richardson earned All-America honors and attracted enough attention from pro scouts to be drafted by the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League prior to his senior season at Wofford, at which time he was Terrier team captain. He moved successfully into the NFL, enjoying two seasons with the Colts. He caught a game clinching touchdown pass in the 1959 championship game in which the victorious
Colts became World Champions. By that time, Richardson had married his college sweetheart, Rosalind Sallenger of Florence, SC, and they were beginning to start their family, which ultimately would comprise sons Jon and Mark, and daughter Ashley. He made the decision not to return to the Colts for the 1960 season, choosing instead to join forces and invest his NFL championship bonus check with his quarterback at Wofford, Charlie Bradshaw, who had signed an agreement to open in Spartanburg the first franchise of Hardee’s Food Systems. Their first Hardee’s franchise opened on Kennedy Street in Spartanburg in October 1961, and a new company they named Spartan Food Systems was born. Over time, Richardson and Bradshaw recruited into their company a significant number of Wofford friends, former teammates and coaches, building a legendary team driven to be highly successful. Taking the company public in 1969, the team that Richardson and Bradshaw had formed was able to have their firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange before turning age 40, which had been an initial goal. The company grew into a Fortune 500 stalwart, with over 110,000 employees and interests in more than 2,500 restaurants and other holdings. With their phenomenal success came opportunities to expand the company, so they acquired the Quincy’s steakhouse chain in 1977, before joining forces with TW Corporation, a spinoff from Trans World Airlines. Eventually, under Richardson’s leadership, this new company included Canteen Corporation and the Denny’s restaurant chain. In 1993, a career-long dream on which Richardson had been actively working for seven years was realized when the investment team that he had put together was successful in earning the 29th franchise of
the NFL—the Carolina Panthers, to be headquartered in Charlotte. Richardson became the first former NFL player to become an owner since George Halas of the Chicago Bears. Vital to Richardson’s dream was for the franchise to be truly regionally supported, and central to that goal was to have the team’s summer preseason training camp to be located on the campus of his alma mater, Wofford. His service to Wofford has been never-ending. Currently, Richardson is in the middle of the third twelveyear term he has served on the Wofford Board of Trustees. He has been a major benefactor to every significant financial campaign at the college since graduating in 1959, and he and his family have established the most prestigious scholarships offered by the college, known as the Richardson Family Scholarships. The recognitions that Richardson has earned are numerous, but would include the Order of the Palmetto and the Order of the Long Leaf Pine, which are the two highest civic recognitions that the states of South Carolina and North Carolina, respectively, can bestow. He is also the only individual ever to be inducted into both the Business and Athletic Halls of Fame for these two states.
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THE RICHARDSON BUILDING
The home of the Wofford College Athletic Department is the Richardson Physical Activities Building. The facility includes offices for the administration, football, basketball and other sports on the second floor. Also included on the second floor is an aerobic dance room and weight room with machine and free weights along with a variety of cardio machines. Locker rooms for football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s soccer and a training room are located on the first floor. Wofford alumnus and Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson made a $1 million donation in 2008 that was used for enhancing the Richardson Building. Numerous improvements were made in the facility to ensure that it is one of the most advanced athletic facilities in the nation. Enhancements to the Richardson Building include new paint and carpet in the entire facility. The coaching and administration suites were reconfigured to provide better reception areas. Football and men’s basketball offices were outfitted with a new video system, including computers, editing software and large-screen monitors. This new system is similar to those being used by the NFL and NBA. Inside the Harley Room, a new audio/video system was installed to handle the variety of events held in the room. New displays for academic honors, Southern Conference honors and the Hall of Fame are a part of the project. Additional murals and photos compliment the building and give it a fresh look. In addition, the fitness facilities have been upgraded as well. Nearly $100,000 worth of new equipment was added to supplement the current selection of treadmills and elliptical machines. The cardio area features six flat panel televisions for viewing while working out. The fitness area is used by the entire student body at Wofford.
Left: The fitness facility is available for all students and has numerous cardio machines in addition to free weights and weight machines. Top: The reception area for the football office suite. Above: The football locker room.
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STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Wofford alumnus and South Carolina Secretary of Commerce Joe Taylor donated $1 million for the renovation of the Curry Building into the Joe E. Taylor Athletic Center The Taylor Center features a 7,000 square foot weight room and offices for athletic department staff. The building, located next to Gibbs Stadium, was completed in June of 2009. The weight room facility is equipped with a total of 24 racks with built-in pull-up bars and nearly 25,000 pounds of plates, dumbells and olympic weights. The 24 racks are divided, with twelve used with platforms and twelve used with benches. Additional equipment includes four pulldown machines, four low row machines, five power runners, six glute/ham machines, two decline ab machines, a leg press and exercise bike. Also included is a large area of Mondo track flooring, which is used with the step-up boxes, plyo boxes and hurdle sets in speed development. The Taylor Center also provides offices for administration and numerous sports, including men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, men’s and women’s golf, volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis and cross country and track and field. A conference room and several work areas give the coaching staff much needed space.
MISSION STATEMENT
The aim of the Wofford College Strength and Conditioning Department is to allow every student-athlete the best training opportunity with proper instruction and program implementation to create progressive gains in strength, speed, fitness levels, mobility and body composition over the tenure of the athletic career. This will be achieved through a created culture consumed with hard work, discipline, commitment, and knowledge of the craft of training in a highly competitive environment.
THE PHILOSOPHY
The Strength and Conditioning Program consists of prescribed training based on sport specific demands with a great emphasis on properly executing movement patterns and training within the assigned threshold to optimize abilities and capabilities. Keys to this are: • Evaluation and Assessment • Individual Needs / Sport Specificity • Weight Training Movements • Running Prescription • Plyometric Training • Student-Athlete Health • Recovery and Restoration • Training Culture
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PRE-LETTERMAN’S CLUB Claude S. Finney ’29 Ted M. Phelps ’69 David Lemmons ’66 Warren Whittaker ’67 Daniel Lewis ’62 William Barbee ’60 Jerry Richardson ’59 Charles Bradshaw ’59 Trapier Hart ’60 George Lyons ’65 William Ziegler ’67 Donald Williams ’67 Harold Chandler ’71 Sterling Allen ’73 Stan Littlejohn ’73
POST-LETTERMAN’S CLUB 1979 – Joel Robertson ’41 1979 – C.B. Mooneyham ’34 1979 – P.J. Boatwright ’49 1979 – Elby Hammett ’49 1979 – Charlie Seay ’48 1979 – Phil Dickens 1980 – Gene Alexander 1980 – Warren Ariail ’49 1980 – Lou Bouknight ’33 1980 – Aubrey Faust ’42 1980 – James Neal ’53 1980 – Bob Prevatte ’50 1981 – A.B. Bullington ’33 1981 – Sammy Sewell ’50 1981 – Vernon Quick ’51 1981 – Jimmy Hilton ’42 1981 – Skip Corn ’73 1981 – Conley Snidow 1982 – William Childs ’25 1982 – Lorine King ’51 1982 – Jack Beeler ’52 1982 – Bob Pollard ’52 1982 – Bill Moody ’53 1982 – Jim Brakefield 1983 – Earle Buice 1983 – Don Fowler ’57 1983 – Ricky Satterfield ’76 1984 – Wally Dean ’50 1984 – Joe Hazle ’55 1984 – Bill Scheerer 1984 – Willie Varner ’52 1985 – Jack Abell ’54 1985 – Clifford Boyd ’71 1985 – Philip Clark ’50 1985 – Robert Jordan ’71 1986 – Thomas Bower ’74 1986 – Fisher DeBerry ’60 1986 – James Gordon ’52 1986 – Doug Lowe ’75 1986 – Harvey Moyer ’50 1987 – Coy Gibson ’75 1987 – George Rice ’57 1988 – LeNoid Best ’82 1988 – Carter Davis, Jr. ’75 1988 – Alfred McGinnis ’56 1989 – William Carpenter ’58 1989 – Frank Ellerbe ’18 1990 – Thomas McIntyre ’56 1991 – Sid Allred ’70
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HONORARY LETTERMAN Bernard Harrelson Durwood Hatchell Dick Hardy Charles Newcome John Holliday Walter Booth Bobby Ivey Jesse Davis Larry Smith Cleveland Harley Joe Lesesne Junie White Keith Laws Ray Leonard James Talley Ray Henderson Mack Poole Talmage Skinner Ralph Voyles Lee Hanning Steve Kana John Keith, Jr. Mark Hauser Greg McKinney Tom Brown Pete Yanity Toccoa Switzer Bob Pinson Gordon Orr Woody Willard ’74 Dr. Dan Maultsby ’61 Bill Drake Lucy Quinn ‘83 Mike Brown ‘76 Joe Taylor ‘80 Rob Gregory ‘64 Thom Henson ‘96 Dr. David Wood Todd Shanesy
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2015-16 Roster Alphabetical Roster Name
Class Hometown/Previous School So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr.
Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork HS Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HS Piedmont, S.C./Wren HS Charlotte, N.C./Ardrey Kell HS Ponteverda, Spain/Blume Training Academy Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg HS Cheraw, S.C./Cheraw HS Wilmington, N.C./John T. Hoggard HS
Coaching Staff
Angie Ridgeway - Head Coach (12th Season, Appalachian State ‘87) Erin Wells - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season, Wofford ‘09)
(Top) Head Coach Angie Ridgeway
Nicole Chin
Lauren Dunbar
Katy Funk
Maegan Higgins
Allyson Markiewicz
Lela Oakley
Emiley Pagrabs
Elizabeth Thompson
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Senior
Freshman
Angie Ridgeway Head Coach
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Erin Wells
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Head Coach - 12th Season Appalachian State ‘87 Angie Ridgeway will begin her 12th season as head women’s golf coach in 2015-16. Ridgeway has guided the Terriers to unprecedented heights since arriving at Wofford in July 2004. The former LPGA player was originally tabbed as the associate director of golf before being named the women’s head coach during the summer of 2005. The Terriers have won eight tournaments in Ridgeway’s era. It includes Wofford’s first NCAA Division I tournament victory, winning the Wofford Invitational in October of 2004. Ridgeway has also coached the Terriers to 50 top-five tournament finishes, and a Terrier has taken the individual title at 12 tournaments since Ridgeway came to Spartanburg. Current assistant coach Erin Wells won the program’s first individual championship, taking the 2007 Wofford Invitational. The 2014-15 season did not disappoint. The Terriers claimed six top-five finishes, including second at both the Winthrop Fall Invitational (Nov. 1-2) and Low Country Intercollegiate (March 21-22). On the individual side, senior Lauren Dunbar took home medalist honors twice. Her first was highlighted by a 1-under 71 at the Cincinnati Bearcat Classic (Oct. 6-7), and her second came at the Winthrop Fall Invitational. Junior Emiley Pagrabs earned four individual top-five finishes, and freshman Lela Oakley earned Wofford’s top finish at the Southern Conference Championship, placing sixth with a three-round total of 1-over-par 217. Ridgeway added three top-fives to her coaching resume in 2013-14. Wofford began the year by finishing second at its home tournament, the Terrier Intercollegiate (Sept. 9-10), with freshman Katy Funk shooting an even-par 144 to earn runner-up honors in her first-ever collegiate tournament. The Terriers then finished top-five in their final two tournaments of the fall. Wofford earned third of 13 teams at the CSU Wendy’s Invitational (Oct. 7-8), and concluded the fall fifth of 12 teams at the Jacksonville Courtyard Classic (Oct. 14-15). The spring began with the first-ever Country Club of Spartanburg Spring Invitational (Feb. 24-25), which the Terriers hosted and took third place. Wofford then hosted its third tournament of the 2013-14 season, inviting 10 teams to Hilton Head, S.C., for the sixth Low Country Intercollegiate. The Terriers took fifth. Senior Anne Marie Covar earned a top-10 finish. The spring concluded at the Southern Conference Championship in Hilton Head, where Wofford finished sixth, junior Lauren Dubar was named All-Southern Conference, and freshman Katy Funk was named to the league’s all-freshman team. In 2012-13, Ridgeway took Wofford to never-before-seen heights. The incredible year began with four top-fives in all four of Wofford’s fall tournaments, including a team title at the South Carolina State University Bulldog Invitational. Wofford shot a three-round team total of 884, shattering the program’s low 54-
hole record of 921, which was set in October of 1999. The Terriers also set a new low 18 record of 285, and posted the second-best low 36 in program history of 588. Individually, Anne Marie Covar won the tournament with a three-round total of 2-under-par 214, setting the program’s new low 54 and posting the second-best tournament score in relation to par. Two weeks later, Ridgeway’s Terriers posted the program’s second-best 54-hole total of 905, taking second place at the CSU Wendy’s Invitational. The 2012-13 season had more in store. The spring season witnessed the Terriers earn three more top fives, including fourth place of 28 teams at the C&F Bank Intercollegiate, fourth of 16 in the Terrier-hosted Low Country Intercollegiate, and third of 12 teams at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate. In 2011-12, the Terriers earned two victories, first defeating Radford in a head-to-head match to close out the fall season. Lauren Dunbar led the way for Wofford, shooting an ever-par 72 to earn medalist honors. The Terriers picked right back up where the left off to start the spring season, hosting the Wofford Tri-Match and defeating Appalachian State and Gardner-Webb. Again, a Terrier took medalist honors as Alex Hendricks shot a 3-over-par 75 to lead the field. The 2011-12 season was also highlighted by a second-place finish at the Terrier Intercollegiate, third place at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate and fifth at the CSU Wendy’s Invitational. In 2010-11, Alex Rankin joined Erin Wells as the only Terriers in program history to be selected All-Southern Conference. Rankin finished the year ranked No. 10 in the conference with a 76.59 stroke average and highlighted her season with an individual championship at the Boscobel Intercollegiate, shooting a finalround 3-under-par 69 to finish the tournament 1 under par. Rankin’s round of 69 remains the second-lowest 18-hole score in program history. She also took seventh place at the SoCon Championships. The 2010-11 season also saw many other feats. Thenfreshman Anne Marie Covar earned her first collegiate individual championship at the Winthrop Fall Intercollegiate, tying Rankin’s season-low round of 69 on the final day. Covar went on to be named SoCon Freshman of the Year, becoming the First Terrier to earn the honors. Wofford took second place at the tournament, and earned a team championship the following week with the help of Rankin at the Boscobel Intercollegiate. Two more top fives were part of the season, including a third place finish at the Tribe Invite and another bronze showing at the Wofford-hosted Low Country Intercollegiate. The 2009-10 season saw both Alex Rankin and Sarah Hurt earn SoCon Player of the Week honors. Rankin did so the week of March 17 after tying for third place at the Low Country Intercollegiate. Hurt earned the year’s final player of the week award following her victory at the Mimosa Hills Women’s Intercollegiate, which included
Ridgeway’s Playing Record Futures Tour Member (1988-91): Competed in over 75 tournaments Captured four victories Tied Futures Tour Scoring Record (65) in 1989 LPGA Tour Member (1992-present) Competed in over 200 tournaments including six U.S. Open Championships
Career Highlights:
1992: 8th at Sara Lee Classic 8th at Rail Charity Golf Classic 11th at JAL Big Apple Classic 16th at LPGA Championship 17th at Centel Classic Career low round (64) at Atlanta Sega Women’s Championship 1993: 9th at Lady Keystone Open 9th at ShopRite LPGA Classic 14th at Minnesota LPGA Classic 16th at Sprint Classic 16th at Ping/Welch’s Championship 19th at Sun-Times Challenge 1997: Career-best 5th at Welch’s Championship 20th at Safeco Classic 2000: 10th at State Farm Rail Classic 12th at Longs Drugs Challenge 13th at Oldsmobile Classic Attended: PGA of America Golf School Golf Digest School Dave Pelz Short Game School Sports Psychology Workshop by Dr. Bob Rotella a final-round 3-under-par 69 to win the 78-player tournament by four strokes. As a team, the Terriers took fifth place. Wofford earned one tournament championship on the 200910 campaign, finishing atop the seven-team field at the Boscobel Intercollegiate. The Terriers fired back-to-back rounds of 16-overpar 304 to win the team title by 19 strokes over Gardner-Webb. The 36-hole total of 608 remains the ninth-best in program history. The 2008-09 season saw then-freshman Sarah Hurt come on the scene and earn SoCon All-Freshman honors. Hurt began her collegiate career with a runner-up finish in her very first tournament, shooting rounds of 2-under 70 and 3-under 69 at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate. Hurt’s 5-under-par tournament set the Wofford program record for score in relation to par, which still
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Tournament Victories
- SCSU Bulldog Invitational +20, 884 • Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2012 Patriots Point Links - Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - Wofford Tri-Match +26, 314 • Feb. 21, 2012 Country Club of Spartanburg - Spartanburg, S.C. - Radford Match +7, 295 • Nov. 8, 2011 Draper Valley Golf Club - Draper, Va. Boscobel Intercollegiate +33, 609 • Oct. 9-10, 2010 Boscobel Golf Club - Pendleton, S.C. - Boscobel Intercollegiate +32, 608 • Oct. 24-25, 2009 Boscobel Golf Club - Pendleton, S.C. - Diet Coke Wofford Invitational +40, 616 • March 5-6, 2007 Carolina Country Club - Spartanburg, S.C. - Draper Valley Invitational +46, 622 • April 4-5, 2005 Draper Valley Golf Club - Draper, Va. - Coca-Cola Wofford Autumn Invitational +51, 627 • Oct. 11-12, 2004 Three Pines Country Club - Woodruff, S.C.
SoCon Tournament Finishes
Year Finish Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Final 2015 T-4th 302 293 285 858 (+27) 2014 6th 326 315 315 956 (+92) 2013 7th 322 308 306 936 (+72) 2012 9th 319 331 327 977 (+113) 2011 8th 332 326 317 975 (+111) 2010 9th 330 316 317 963 (+99) 2009 7th 327 326 323 976 (+112) 2008 6th 317 319 319 955 (+91) 2007 7th 338 315 -- 653 (+77) 2006 7th 322 313 -- 635 (+59) 2005 7th 330 336 340 1,006 (+142)
Sarah Hurt and Alex Rankin, and had one Southern Conference All-Freshman, Hurt, in 2006-07. Erin Wells was the first player in program history to garner SoCon Player of the Week and SoCon Player of the Month honors. In addition, Ridgeway coached the Terriers to a match play win against High Point during the fall of 2007 during the inaugural Paw Cup competition. In her first campaign directing the women’s squad, Ridgeway guided the Terriers to the first two tournament crowns in program history. Wofford captured the titles at its home tournament in the fall and at the Draper Valley Spring Invitational. A 12-year veteran of the LPGA Tour, she played in over 190 events and six U.S. Opens. Her most successful years came in 1992 and 1993 when she finished 62nd on the LPGA Tour money list with a scoring average of 73.1 and 72.9, respectively. Ridgeway’s best scoring average came in 2000, while competing as a non-exempt player. Playing in 12 tournaments she averaged 72.3. Ridgeway fired a 3-under par 285 at the 1997 Ping Welch’s Championship to garner a fifth-place result, one of her six career top-10 finishes. She also had 10 top-15 showings while placing in the top-25 on 21 occasions. As a rookie, she shot a career-low 64 in the first round of the 1992 Sega Women’s Championship. She
carded 44 career rounds in the 60s. In addition to playing on the regular tour, she also competed in over 260 charity and corporate pro-am events. Ridgeway is also a Class A member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division. A native of Indiana and a long-time Spartanburg area resident, she graduated from Boiling Springs High School before embarking on a collegiate career at Appalachian State. She played for the Mountaineers from 1983-87 and earned a bachelor’s degree in business with a 3.4 grade-point average. She served as the Mountaineers’ team captain and earned medalist honors at two tournaments. In September of 2014, she was inducted into the Appalachian State Athletics Hall of Fame.
Wofford Under Ridgeway Individual Championships/Medalists
- Lauren Dunbar - Winthrop Fall Invitational +6, 78 • Nov. 1, 2014 Rock Hill Country Club - Rock Hill, S.C. - Lauren Dunbar - Bearcat Classic -1, 71 • Oct. 6, 2014 TPC River’s Bend - Maineville, Ohio - Anne Marie Covar - SCSU Bulldog Invitational -2, 214 • Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2012 Patriots Point Links - Mt. Pleasant, S.C. - Alex Hendricks - Wofford Tri-Match +3, 75 • Feb. 21, 2012 Country Club of Spartanburg - Spartanburg, S.C. - Lauren Dunbar - Radford Match E, 72 • Nov. 8, 2011 Draper Valley Golf Club - Draper, Va. - Tarah Taylor - Terrier Intercollegiate +1, 145 • Sept. 12-13, 2011 Country Club of Spartanburg - Spartanburg, S.C. - Alex Rankin - Boscobel Intercollegiate -1, 143 • Oct. 9-10, 2010 Boscobel Golf Club - Pendleton, S.C. - Anne Marie Covar - Winthrop Fall Invitational -1, 143 • Oct. 2-3, 2010 Rock Hill Country Club - Rock Hill, S.C. - Sarah Hurt - Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate -3, 141 • April 5-6, 2010 Mimosa Hills Golf Club - Morganton, N.C. - Sarah Herbert - Boscobel Intercollegiate +4, 148 • Oct. 24-25, 2009 Boscobel Golf Club - Pendleton, S.C. - Alex Rankin - Gainesville Shootout +7, 217 • March 13-15, 2008 Mark Bostick Golf Course - Gainesville, Fla. - Erin Wells - Diet Coke Wofford Invitational +1, 145 • March 5-6, 2007 Carolina Country Club - Spartanburg, S.C.
All-Southern Conference Selections Lauren Dubar (2014) Alex Rankin (2011) Erin Wells (2007)
SoCon Freshman of the Year Anne Marie Covar (2011)
SoCon All-Freshman Team Katy Funk (2014) Anne Marie Covar (2011) Sarah Hurt (2009)
SoCon Player of the Month Erin Wells (March 2007)
SoCon Player of the Week Sarah Hurt (April 7, 2010) Alex Rankin (March 17, 2010) Alex Rankin (April 16, 2008) Alex Rankin (March 19, 2008) Erin Wells (March 14, 2007)
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stands to this day. Hurt earned two more top 10s that year and tied for 36th place at the SoCon Championship. As a team, the Terriers had a very successful year which included four top five finishes, highlighted by a second-place showing at the Wofford Diet Coke Invitational. Ridgeway also led the Terriers to third at the Colonial Intercollegiate, fourth at the Lady Jaguar Invitational and fourth at the Roar-EE Invitational. The 2007-08 season saw freshman Alex Rankin join Erin Wells as just the second Terrier to be tabbed SoCon Player of the Week. Rankin picked up the accolade the week of March 19 after winning the Gainesville Shootout, and picked up the award a second time the week of April 16 after taking fourth place at the Roar-EE Women’s Invite. She is the only Terrier in program history to earn SoCon Player of the Week twice in a season. Ridgeway led Wofford to its first three team tournament championships in program history, while Erin Wells became the program’s first-ever All-Southern Conference honoree in 2006-07. Wells was the first player Ridgeway recruited after taking charge of the program. The Louisville, Ky., native also became the first Terrier to win an individual tournament title with her medalist honors at the Diet Coke Wofford Intercollegiate in March 2007. Ridgeway coached two Southern Conference Golfers of the Week,
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Assistant Coach - Fourth Season Wofford ‘09 Erin Wells enters her fourth season as an assistant coach on the Wofford women’s golf staff. She was a member of the Wofford women’s golf team from 2005-09. Last season, wells helped coach Lauren Dunbar to an AllSouthern Conference selection. Dunbar became just the third Terrier in history to earn the league’s postseason honor, with Wells earning the first selection for a Terrier in 2007. In her first year as assistant coach, Wells helped the women’s golf program to seven top fives, highlighted by a team title at the South Carolina State University Bulldog Invitational. Wofford shot a three-round team total of 884, shattering the program’s low 54-hole record of 921, which was set in October of 1999. The Terriers also set a new low 18 record of 285, and
Josh Medler Strength and Conditioning Coach - Third Season Hanover College ‘02 Josh Medler joined the Wofford College athletic department as Director of Strength and Conditioning in June of 2013. Prior to Wofford, Medler spent six seasons on the University of Memphis strength and conditioning staff. He works primarily with the football and men’s basketball teams, while overseeing the strength and conditioning development for all eighteen sports at Wofford. In his six seasons at Memphis, Medler was responsible for the men’s and women’s soccer teams, volleyball team, and the men’s and women’s track sprinters. He also assisted with football and baseball. Prior to his return to Memphis in 2007, Medler was the head
strength and conditioning coordinator for Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Okla. As the first-ever Union system strength coach, Medler was in charge of building a training program for all freshmen, junior varsity and varsity athletic teams. Medler first went to Memphis in the summer of 2004 as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach, working with football, baseball, softball, and the track sprinters. Medler graduated with his master’s degree in human movement sciences from Memphis in the spring of 2006. He began his professional career as strength and conditioning coach at Anderson University, a liberal arts NCAA Division III school in Indiana. While at Anderson, Medler was responsible for
training the football team and coaching the defensive line. As a native of Berne, Indiana, Medler was a four-year football letterman at Hanover College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2002. Medler is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength & Conditioning Association, and is a certified level one club coach by USA Weightlifting. Medler resides in Spartanburg.
Alyss Hart Athletic Trainer - Seventh Season Wilmington College ‘07 Alyss Hart joined the Wofford staff in the fall of 2009 after spending two years at Auburn University. She works with the men’s basketball team, along with men’s and women’s golf, and rifle. She also is the insurance coordinator for the department. Hart graduated from Wilmington College of Ohio in 2007 with a degree in athletic training. In 2004, she was a member
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posted the second-best low 36 in program history of 588. As a player, Wells was a four-year letterwinner for the Terriers with 11 top ten finishes and a 79.12 stroke average. She played 37 tournaments and 87 rounds, with her best finish coming as the individual champion of the Diet Coke Wofford Invitational during the 2006-07 season. That season she earned AllSouthern Conference becoming the first Terrier women’s golfer to received all-conference honors. She was also named Southern Conference Player of the Week, and earned SoCon Golfer of the Month honors, becoming the first Terrier to earn either award. Wells graduated from Wofford in 2009. She has gone on to receive her nursing degree from Spartanburg Community College. A Louisville, Ky., native, she currently resides in Spartanburg.
of the team that won the women’s basketball NCAA Division III National Championship. The squad was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in May of 2014. She earned her master’s of education degree in administration of higher education with a sport management minor from Auburn in 2009. While at Auburn, Hart worked with the tennis teams.
A certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Hart also covered events such as the SEC Swimming Championships and SEC Track and Field Championships.
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Returners
Tournament Name Date Round Score Rel. to Par Place
Nicole Chin
Sophomore Irmo, S.C. Dutch Fork High School
74-79-73 84-81-85 79 76-71 81 81-78 83-77 75-80 78-82 75-79-73
226 (+10) 250 (+27) 79 (+7) 147 (+13) 81 (+11) 159 (+15) 160 (+16) 155 (+11) 160 (+16) 227 (+11)
T-13 / 70 T-87 / 96 T-31 / 97 T-7 / 51 T-5 / 47 T-56 / 81 T-16 / 77 T-10 / 81 T-35 / 65 T-21 / 45
Career Total Total Stroke Low 18 Top 10 Top 20 Top Stats Rounds Strokes Average Round Finishes Finishes Finish 2014-15 21 1,644 78.29 71 Career 21 1,644 78.29 71
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T-5 T-5
Honors and Awards - 2014-15 WGCA All-American Scholar - 2014-15 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal
Prior to Wofford
Lettered for six seasons in women’s golf at Dutch Fork High School in hometown of Irmo, S.C. ... Played in the No. 1 spot all six years ... Helped Dutch Fork finish top-20 in the 4A State Tournament four times, earning five individual top-10 finishes, including a third-place showing her sophomore 2011-12 season ... Served as team captain senior year ... Medalist in six tournaments in the sub junior division from 2007-10 ... In 2007, earned her first medalist honor at the PGA Westfield Jr. Championship ... Medaled five times as a sub junior in 2008 ... Was the medalist in a junior division tournament for the first time in 2008, the NJGA SC Low Country in Charleston ... Competed In the junior division from 2008-13 and was a medalist six more times ... Most medalist honors came in 2011, when she was the medalist of the Annual Blade Junior Championship, Western NC Junior Championship and Linrick City Tournament ... Earned 32 top-10s and 16 top-fives in 33 junior division tournaments ... Held a career-best South Carolina State Ranking of No. 14, and a career-best National Ranking of No. 316 ... A STEM graduate who graduated with honors from Dutch Fork ... Was on the A/B Honor Roll all four years ... Activities included the Beta Club, Technical Beta Club and Christian Youth Group.
Personal
Born Jan. 28, 1996 in Manila, Philippines ... Daughter of James and Michelle Chin ... Majoring in Spanish.
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2014-15 William & Mary Fall Invitational Sept. 14-16 Lady Paladin Invitational Sept. 21-23 Bearcat Classic Oct. 6-7 Terrier Intercollegiate Oct. 20-21 Winthrop Fall Invitational Nov. 1-2 JU Amelia Island Collegiate Feb. 23-24 Seminole State Spring Break Inv. March 10-11 Low Country Intercollegiate March 21-22 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 5-6 Southern Conference Championship April 12-14
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Katy Funk Junior
Spartanburg, S.C. Spartanburg High School Prior to Wofford
Lettered in golf all four years at Spartanburg High School and every year since the seventh grade ... Helped Spartanburg High three regional championships and one Upper State South Carolina Championship ... Named to the all-region team four times and the all-state team three times ... Holds the medalist record at Spartanburg High ... Tied the low record at states for nine holes, shooting a 32 ... Won the High School Heisman for both her school and the state ... Won many tournaments, including the Mid-Carolina Tournament and regionals twice ... Co-Medaled for the Upper State Tournament ... Member of National Honors Society, President of Beta club.
Personal
Born Nov. 3, 1994 ... Daughter of Chris and Diane Funk ... Majoring in business economics.
Returners Tournament Name Date Round Score Rel. to Par Place 2014-15 William & Mary Fall Invitational Sept. 14-16 78-80-82 240 (+24) Lady Paladin Invitational Sept. 21-23 79-77-84 240 (+26) Bearcat Classic Oct. 6-7 82 82 (+10) Terrier Intercollegiate Oct. 20-21 81-79 160 (+16) Winthrop Fall Invitational Nov. 1-2 83 83 (+12) JU Amelia Island Collegiate Feb. 23-24 77-79 156 (+12) Seminole State Spring Break Inv. March 10-11 90-86 176 (+32) Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 5-6 82-84 166 (+19)
T-50 / 70 T-82 / 96 T-56 / 97 T-15 / 51 T-12 / 47 T-39 / 81 T-57 / 77 T-42 / 65
2013-14 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 9-10 73-71 144 (E) Lady Paladin Invitational Sept. 20-22 77-78-79 234 (+18) UNCG Starmount Fall Classic Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 75-73-77 225 (+12) Wendy’s Invitational Oct. 7-8 75-75-77 227 (+11) JU Courtyard Classic Oct. 14-15 79-76 155 (+11) JU Amelia Island Collegiate Feb. 17-18 76-78-84 238 (+22) CC of Spartanburg Spring Invite Feb. 24-25 76-76 152 (+8) JMU Eagle Landing Invitational March 14-16 74-80-75 229 (+13) Low Country Intercollegiate March 23-24 85-87 172 (+28) Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate March 30-31 90-74 164 (+20) SoCon Championship April 13-15 82-77-83 242 (+26)
2nd / 42 T-60 / 90 T-24 / 84 T-15 / 71 T-30 / 63 T-54 / 78 T-6 / 42 T-35 / 93 38 / 55 T-32 / 78 24 / 45
Career Total Total Stroke Low 18 Top 10 Top 20 Top Stats Rounds Strokes Average Round Finishes Finishes Finish 2014-15 16 1,303 81.44 77 2013-14 28 2,182 77.93 71 Career 44 3,485 79.20 71
0 2 2
2 T-12 3 2nd 5 2nd
Honors and Awards - 2014-15 WGCA All-American Scholar - Spring 2015 Southern Conference Academic All-Conference Team - 2014-15 Southern Conference Commisioner’s Medal - 2014-15 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll - 2014 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team - 2013-14 WGCA All-American Scholar - 2013-14 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal - 2013-14 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
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Senior Piedmont, S.C. Wren High School
Prior to Wofford
Was a five-year letterwinner at Wren High School ... Region champions all five years ... Finished third in the state in 2008 ... Finished second in the state in 2009 and 2010 ... Won the state championship tournament in 2011 ... 2011 Individual state champion ... Three-time all-state team ... Four-year allregion team member ... Earned Principal list ... National Honor Society member ... Spanish National Honor Society Member ... English National Honor Society Member.
Personal
Born July 1, 1994 in Gulfport, Miss. ... Daughter of Steve and Lisa Morrison ... Majoring in biology with a minor in English.
Tournament Name Date Round Score Rel. to Par Place 2014-15 William & Mary Fall Invitational Sept. 14-16 83-78-80 241 (+25) Lady Paladin Invitational Sept. 21-23 88-88-80 256 (+31) Terrier Intercollegiate Oct. 20-21 91-87 178 (+34) Low Country Intercollegiate March 21-22 91-88 179 (+35) Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 5-6 78-79 157 (+13) Southern Conference Championship April 12-14 77-73-78 228 (+12)
T-52 / 70 T-93 / 96 T-40 / 51 T-70 / 81 T-29 / 65 T-26 / 45
2013-14 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 9-10 75-74 149 (+5) Lady Paladin Invitational Sept. 20-22 77-78-79 234 (+18) UNCG Starmount Fall Classic Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 75-73-77 225 (+12) Wendy’s Invitational Oct. 7-8 75-75-77 227 (+11) JU Courtyard Classic Oct. 14-15 79-76 155 (+11) JU Amelia Island Collegiate Feb. 17-18 76-78-84 238 (+22) CC of Spartanburg Spring Invite Feb. 24-25 76-76 152 (+8) JMU Eagle Landing Invitational March 14-16 74-80-75 229 (+13) Low Country Intercollegiate March 23-24 85-87 172 (+28) Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate March 30-31 90-74 164 (+20) SoCon Championship April 13-15 82-77-83 242 (+26)
5 / 42 T-26 / 90 T-65 / 84 T-26 / 71 20 / 63 72 / 78 T-24 / 42 T-8 / 93 T-33 / 55 T-32 / 78 T-16 / 45
2012-13 Terrier Intercollegaite Sept. 10-11 74-74 148 (+4) Highlander Invitational Sept. 23 83-76 159 (+15) Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 73-75-86 234 (+18) Wendy’s Invitational Oct. 15-16 78-73-73 224 (+8) Kiawah Island Invitational March 3-5 81-83-880 244 (+28) C&F Bank Intercollegiate March 17-19 76-77 153 (+11) Low Country Intercollegiate March 24-25 82 82 (+10) Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 1-2 78-77 155 (+11) SoCon Championship April 14-16 81-79-75 236 (+19)
T-8 / 73 21 / 48 T-17 / 41 8 / 75 T-104 / 172 T-15 / 150 T-8 / 89 T-7 / 66 T-26 / 50
Career Total Total Stroke Low 18 Top 10 Top 20 Top Stats Rounds Strokes Average Round Finishes Finishes Finish 2014-15 15 1,239 82.60 2013-14 28 2,204 78.71 2012-13 21 1,634 77.81 Total 64 5,077 79.33
73 73 73 73
0 2 4 6
0 T-26 4 5 6 T-7 10 5
Honors and Awards - Spring 2015 Southern Conference Academic All-Conference Team - 2014-15 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll - 2013-14 WGCA Academic All-American Scholar - 2013-14 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal - 2013-14 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll - 2012-13 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal - 2012-13 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
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Maegan Higgins
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Allyson Markiewicz Junior Charlotte, N.C. Ardrey Kell High School
Returners Tournament Name Date Round Score Rel. to Par Place 2014-15 Terrier Intercollegiate Oct. 20-21 83-80 163 (+19) Seminole State Spring Break Inv. March 10-11 83-85 168 (+24) Low Country Intercollegiate March 21-22 90-87 177 (+33)
T-23 / 51 T-38 / 77 66 / 81
2013-14 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 9-10 81-80 161 (+17) JU Amelia Island Collegiate Feb. 17-18 82-80-85 247 (+31) CC of Spartanburg Spring Invite Feb. 24-25 77-76 153 (+9) JMU Eagle Landing Invitational March 14-16 82-81-81 244 (+28) Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate March 30-31 81-84 165 (+21) SoCon Championship April 13-15 83-86-93 262 (+46)
T-27 / 42 T-70 / 78 T-8 / 42 T-74 / 93 T-37 / 78 41 / 45
Career Total Total Stroke Low 18 Top 10 Top 20 Top Stats Rounds Strokes Average Round Finishes Finishes Finish 2014-15 6 508 84.67 80 0 2013-14 15 1,232 82.13 76 1 Career 21 1,740 82.86 76 1
Prior to Wofford
Lettered in golf all four years at Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, N.C. ... Helped her squad to four conference championships, two North Carolina State Championships, as well as a Western Regional Championship her sophomore year ... Was the 2011 North Carolina State runner up as an individual in 2011, finished in fifth place as a senior in 2012, and took ninth place as a sophomore in 2010 ... Her Ardrey Kell team went 135-5 in team play her during her four years ... Named to the All-State team in 2011 and 2012 ... Selected 4A All-Confernece all four years.
Personal
Born Oct. 15, 1994 in Buffalo, N.Y. ... Daughter of Pam and Mark Markiewicz ... Majoring in business economics.
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Returners
Tournament Name Date Round Score Rel. to Par Place
Lela Oakley
Sophomore Cheraw, S.C. Cheraw High School
83-75-72 85-82-82 94 78-79 86 79-72 85-78 80-79 77-78 73-73-71
230 (+14) 249 (+26) 94 (+22) 157 (+13) 86 (+13) 151 (+7) 163 (+19) 159 (+15) 155 (+11) 217 (+1)
T-20 / 70 T-82 / 96 95 / 97 T-7 / 51 T-27 / 47 T-23 / 81 25 / 77 20 / 81 T-22 / 65 T-6 / 45
Career Total Total Stroke Low 18 Top 10 Top 20 Top Stats Rounds Strokes Average Round Finishes Finishes Finish 2014-15 21 1,661 79.10 71 Career 21 1,661 79.10 71
2 2
Prior to Wofford
Lettered in women’s golf for six years under head coach Barry Brown at Cheraw High School in Cheraw, S.C. ... Helped Cheraw to three South Carolina 3A State Tournaments, including top-10 finishes of eighth place in 2009 and ninth place in 2010 ... Her 2013 squad took 11th at the state tournament ... Named nearby Chesterfield High School Girl’s Golf MVP in both 2012 and ‘13 ... Earned Cheraw High School Golf Team MVP in 2013, and was also named to the all-region squad ... Member of the National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America and Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... Graduated in the top 10 percent of her high school class.
Personal
Born May 2, 1996 in Florence, S.C. ... Daughter of Keith and Michele Oakley ... Currently undeclared on a major.
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2013-14 William & Mary Fall Invitational Sept. 14-16 Lady Paladin Invitational Sept. 21-23 Bearcat Classic Oct. 6-7 Terrier Intercollegiate Oct. 20-21 Winthrop Fall Invitational Nov. 1-2 JU Amelia Island Collegiate Feb. 23-24 Seminole State Spring Break Inv. March 10-11 Low Country Intercollegiate March 21-22 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 5-6 Southern Conference Championship April 12-14
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Returners Tournament Name Date Round Score Rel. to Par Place 2014-15 Bearcat Classic Oct. 6-7 Terrier Intercollegiate Oct. 20-21 Winthrop Fall Invitational Nov. 1-2 JU Amelia Island Collegiate Feb. 23-24 Low Country Intercollegiate March 21-22 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 5-6 Southern Conference Championship April 12-14
Emiley Pagrabs Senior Wilmington, N.C.
John T. Hoggard High School Prior to Wofford
Four-year letter winner at John T. Hoggard High School ... Team finished second in the region in 2011 ... Member of the 2011 Carolinas Team in 2011 ... Four-time NCHSAA state qualifier ... Four-time all-region and all-conference member ... Three time all-region member ... Ranked No. 6 in the state of North Carolina ... Four-year Honor Roll member ... National Honor Society member ... English, Science and Social Studies Honor Society Member ... Member of the Beta Club and ECO club president.
Personal
Born May 29, 1994 in Cleveland, Ohio ... Daughter of Tony and Pamela Pagrabs ... Majoring in history, government and French, with a concentration in world politics.
2013-14 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 9-10 Wendy’s Invitational Oct. 7-8 JU Courtyard Classic Oct. 14-15 CC of Spartanburg Spring Invite Feb. 24-25 Low Country Intercollegiate March 23-24 2012-13 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 10-11 Highlander Invitational Sept. 23 Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 1-2
82 75-80 81 80-81 78-76 76-72 77-77-78
82 (+10) 155 (+11) 81 (+11) 161 (+17) 154 (+10) 148 (+4) 232 (+16)
T-56 / 97 5 / 51 T-5 / 47 T-62 / 81 T-8 / 81 T-4 / 65 T-32 / 45
77-80 80-73-80 76-80 79-79 84-89
157 (+13) 233 (+17) 156 (+12) 158 (+14) 173 (+29)
T-17th / 42 T-26th / 71 T-37th / 63 T-15th / 42 T-39th / 55
82-74 78-79 78-80-81 82-85
156 (+12) 157 (+13) 239 (+23) 167 (+23)
T-27 / 73 T-18 / 48 T-22 / 41 T-47 / 66
Career Total Total Stroke Low 18 Top 10 Top 20 Top Stats Rounds Strokes Average Round Finishes Finishes Finish 2014-15 13 1,013 77.92 2013-14 11 877 79.73 2012-13 9 719 79.89 Career 33 2,609 79.06
72 73 74 72
4 0 0 4
4 T-4 2 T-15 1 T-18 7 T-4
Honors and Awards - 2014-15 WGCA Academic All-American Scholar - Spring 2015 Southern Conference Academic All-Conference Team - 2014-15 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal - 2014-15 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll - 2013-14 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal - 2013-14 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll - 2012-13 Southern Conference Commissioner’s Medal - 2012-13 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
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Newcomers
Rebeca Maruri
Page Moorehead Freshman Spartanburg, S.C. Spartanburg High School
Selected by the Spanish Golf Federation for its Blume High Performance Training Academy, where she held a competitive scoring average of 74 and a low round of 68 ... Three times, finished runner-up at major amateur tournaments, including the 2014 American Junior Golf Association Senior Boys & Girls Championship, the 2013 Galicia Championship and the 2013 International North of England Championship ... Amateur tournament experience also includes a 65th-place showing at the 2014 British Open Girls Championship ... Selected as the 2014-15 best golfer of Galicia – a region in Spain comprising in the provinces of A Curuna, Lugo, Ourense and her hometown of Ponteverda ... Academic accolades include attending the Mathematic Olympics for her training school, performing well subjects such as physics, economics and math.
Personal
Born May 29, 1997 in Vigo, Spain ... Daughter of Ignacio Maruri and Yolanda Aldaz, both of whom are doctors at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain ... Intends to be a doctor and study in the field of biomedical engineering.
Prior to Wofford
Six-year letterwinner at Spartanburg High School ... Won the 2015 Spartanburg County Women’s Amateur ... Named to the Spartanburg Herald-journal All-Area Academic Team ... Finished third at the 2014 4A State Championship ... Earned a spot on the 2014 North-South All-Star Team ... Runner-up at the AJGA Preseason held at the Foundry Golf Club in Virginia in April of 2014 ... Served as president of the National Honor Society and was an AP Scholar.
Personal
Born Nov. 18, 1996 in Spartanburg, South Carolina ... Daughter of Melissa and McCall Moorehead ... Plans to major in business.
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Freshman Ponteverda, Spain Blume Training Academy
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2014-15 in Review Team Tournament Information Fall Season Sept. 14-16
William & Mary Fall Invitational
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(Kingsmill Resort, Plantation Course - Williamsburg, Va.) Round-by-Round Total Place 317-307-300 924 (+60) 7th of 13
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Sept. 21-23 Lady Paladin Invitational (Furman University Golf Course - Greenville, S.C.) Round-by-Round Total Place 311-314-329 954 (+90) 18th of 18
Oct. 6-7 Bearcat Classic (TPC River’s Bend - Maineville, Ohio) Round-by-Round Total Place 314 314 (+26) 8th of 15
Oct. 20-21 Terrier Intercollegiate (The Country Club of Spartanburg - Spartanburg, S.C.) Round-by-Round Total Place 307-318 625 (+49) 3rd of 9
Lauren Dunbar (third from left) took medalist honors at the Bearcat Classic.
Nov. 1-2 Winthrop Fall Invitational (Rock Hill Country Club - Rock Hill, S.C.) Round-by-Round Total Place 328 328 (+40) 2nd of 9
Spring Season
Feb. 23-24 Amelia Island Collegiate (Amelia Island Golf Club - Fernandina Beach, Fla.) Round-by-Round Total Place 317-308 625 (+49) 12th of 15
March 10-11 Seminole State Spring Break (Timacuan Country Club - Lake Mary, Fla.) Round-by-Round Total Place 332-314 646 (+70) 5th of 14
March 21-22 Low Country Intercollegiate (Moss Creek Golf Club, South Course - Hilton Head Island, S.C.) Round-by-Round Total Place 309-309 618 (+42) 2nd of 15
April 5-6 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate (Mimosa Hills Golf & Country Club - Morganton, N.C.) Round-by-Round Total Place 303-306 609 (+33) 5th of 12
April 12-14 Southern Conference Championship (Savannah Quarters Country Club - Pooler, Ga.) Round-by-Round Total Place 302-293-296 891 (+27) 4th of 9
Wofford took its best finish of the season at the Low Country Intercollegiate, tying Princeton for the best score but taking 2nd place in a rules tiebreaker.
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SoCon Stroke Avg. Leaderboard
Rk. Player (School) Rds Strokes Avg. 2391 807 2224 2241 1947 2247 2401 1805 2033 2037 2419 1135 2129 837 2135 2064 2064 1606 2450 2072 2077 1777 2092 2096 2097 1013 2027 1951 1876 1644 1100 2124 2128 2287 1420 947 2131 1661 1978 2308 1756 1303 982 2051 1810 1977 1815 1734 1239 1245 1249 1265 1925 1676
72.45 73.36 74.13 74.70 74.88 74.90 75.03 75.21 75.30 75.44 75.59 75.67 76.04 76.09 76.25 76.44 76.44 76.48 76.56 76.74 76.93 77.26 77.48 77.63 77.67 77.92 77.96 78.04 78.17 78.29 78.57 78.67 78.81 78.86 78.89 78.92 78.93 79.10 79.12 79.59 79.82 81.44 81.83 82.04 82.27 82.38 82.50 82.57 82.60 83.00 83.27 84.33 87.50 119.71
Rank Name Rounds Strokes Average Low Top Finish 1 2 3 4 5 6
Lauren Dunbar Emiley Pagrabs Nicole Chin Lela Oakley Katy Funk Maegan Higgins
21 13 21 21 16 15
1606 1013 1644 1661 1303 1239
76.48 77.92 78.29 79.10 81.44 82.60
70 72 71 71 77 73
1st T 4th T 5th T 6th T 12th T 26th
Wofford Leader Board Under 10 Rounds
Rank Name Rounds Strokes Average Low Top Finish 1 2
Allyson Markiewicz Elizabeth Thompson
6 3
508 257
84.67 85.67
80 81
T 23rd 28th
Team Results
Rounds Strokes Ind. Stroke Avg. Team Stroke Avg. Low Round Top Ten Best Finish 21 / 84
6534
77.79
311.14
293 (SoCon Championship)
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1 Taylor Totland (Furman) 33 2 Katy Harris (Mercer) 11 3 Alice Chen (Furman) 30 4 Agathe Sauzon (Chatt.) 30 5 Valentina Romero (Furman) 26 6 Emily McLennan (Chatt.) 30 7 Sydney Needham (Samford) 32 8 Laura DeMarco (Furman) 24 9 Vivienne Chin (ETSU) 27 10 Reona Hirai (Furman) 27 11 Bailey Gray (Samford) 32 12 Jacqueline Bendrick (Furman) 15 13 Kim Mitchell (W. Carolina) 28 14 Kristin Swindell (W. Carolina) 11 15 Olivia Landino (W. Carolina) 28 16 Dominika Czudkova (ETSU) 27 16 Isabella Loza (Chatt.) 27 18 Lauren Dunbar (Wofford) 21 19 Emily Stallings (Samford ) 32 20 Sammie Buchanan (UNCG) 27 21 Linda Dobele (ETSU) 27 22 Marin Hanna (Mercer) 23 23 Rachel Pollock (ETSU) 27 24 Megan Woods (Chatt.) 27 25 Mariah Hopkins (W. Carolina) 27 26 Emiley Pagrabs (Wofford) 13 27 Cris Perez (Chatt.) 26 28 Ashley Thompson (W. Carolina) 25 29 Bethany Galloway (W. Carolina) 24 30 Nicole Chin (Wofford) 21 31 Jaelyn Tindal (Mercer) 14 32 Kristin Powers (UNCG) 27 33 Berglind Bjornsdottir (UNCG) 27 34 Haley Harrington (Samford) 29 35 Sarah Dolmovich (Chatt.) 18 36 Arin Eddy (Samford) 12 37 Allyson Dunn (ETSU) 27 38 Lela Oakley (Wofford) 21 39 Hannah Mae Deems (Mercer) 25 40 Kate Collom (Samford) 29 41 Eraina Manor (The Citadel) 22 42 Katy Funk (Wofford) 16 43 Emily Kurey (UNCG) 12 44 Sarah Louie Brown (Mercer) 25 45 Meredith Owen (Mercer) 22 46 Jessica Madsen (UNCG) 24 47 Cameron Little (The Citadel) 22 48 Kellie Anderson (The Citadel) 21 49 Maegan Higgins (Wofford) 15 50 Andrea Rangel (UNCG) 15 51 Haley Wagner (Samford) 15 52 Maddi MacClurg (UNCG) 15 53 Renata Sucha (The Citadel) 22 54 Laura Simpson (The Citadel) 14
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Lauren Dunbar carded a stroke average of 76.48 her season senior, the best mark on the team and ranking 18th in the Southern Conference.
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Record Book
Team Records
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Tournament Score in Relation to Par
1. +7 2. +17 3. +18 4. +20 5. +21 6. +23 T7. +27 T7. +27 T9. +28 T9. +28
(min. two rounds) Great Smokies Collegiate Draper Valley Invitational Terrier Intercollegiate SCSU Bulldog Invitational Great Smokies Collegiate Great Smokies Collegiate Spider Invitational SoCon Championship Terrier Intercollegiate Diet Coke Wofford Invitational
Sept. 15-16, 2008 Sept. 13-14, 2004 Sept. 9-10, 2013 Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2012 Sept. 18-19, 2010 Oct. 1-2, 2005 Oct. 13-14, 2008 April 12-14, 2015 Sept. 10-11, 2012 Mar. 3-4, 2008
1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 6. 7. 7. 7. 7.
Low Round SCSU Bulldog Invitational Great Smokies Collegiate Terrier Intercollegiate Terrier Intercollegiate Great Smokies Collegiate CSU Wendy’s Invitational Great Smokies Collegiate Spider Invitational Radford Match UNCG Starmount Fall Classic
Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 Sept. 15-16, 2008 Sept. 9-10, 2013 Sept. 10-11, 2012 Sept. 15-16, 2008 Oct. 15-16, 2012 Oct. 1-2, 2005 Oct. 13-14, 2008 Nov. 8, 2011 Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 2013
1. 583 2. 588 3. 594 4. 595 5. 597 6. 599 T7. 603 T7. 603 T9. 604 T9. 604 T9. 604
Low 36 Great Smokies Collegiate SCSU Bulldog Invitational Terrier Intercollegiate SoCon Championship Great Smokies Collegiate Great Smokies Collegiate UNCG Starmount Fall Classic Spider Invitational CSU Wendy’s Invitational Terrier Intercollegiate Terrier Intercollegiate
Sept. 15-16, 2008 Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2012 Sept. 9-10, 2013 April 12-14, 2015 Sept. 18-20, 2010 Oct. 1-2, 2005 Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2013 Oct. 13-14, 2008 Oct. 15-16, 2012 Sept. 10-11, 2012 Sept. 12-13, 2011
1. 884 2. 891 3. 905 4. 911 5. 913 6. 914 7. 920 8. 921 9. 924 T10. 931 T10. 931
Low 54 SCSU Bulldog Invitational SoCon Championship CSU Wendy’s Invitational UNCG Starmount Fall Classic JMU Eagle Landing Invitational Lady Paladin Invitational CSU Wendy’s Invitational Cougar Fall Invitational William & Mary Fall Invitational Stono Cup Adminstaff Lady Jaguar Invitational
Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2012 April 12-14, 2015 Oct. 15-16, 2012 Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2013 March 14-16, 2014 Sept. 20-22, 2013 Oct. 7-8, 2013 Oct. 11-12, 1999 Sept. 14-16, 2014 Oct. 6-7, 2008 March 13-14, 2011
285 290 292 293 293 294 295 295 295 295
Tournament Wins
Top Finishes
SCSU Bulldog Invitational..............................................................................Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2012 Wofford Tri-Match...................................................................................................... Feb. 21, 2012 Radford Match.............................................................................................................Nov. 8, 2011 Boscobel Intercollegiate.........................................................................................Oct. 9-10, 2010 Boscobel Intercollegiate.......................................................................................Oct. 24-25, 2009 Diet Coke Wofford Invitational.............................................................................. March 5-6, 2007 Draper Valley Invitational........................................................................................April 4-5, 2005 Coca-Cola Wofford Autumn Invitational................................................................Oct. 11-12, 2004
2nd Place
Low Country Intercollegiate.............................................................................. March 21-22, 2015 Winthrop Fall Invitational........................................................................................ Nov. 1-2, 2014 Terrier Intercollegiate...........................................................................................Sept. 9-10, 2013 CSU Wendy’s Invitational......................................................................................Oct. 15-16, 2012 Low Country Intercollegiate.................................................................................. March 7-8, 2009 Spider Invitational................................................................................................Oct. 13-14, 2008 Great Smokies Collegiate....................................................................................Sept. 15-16, 2008 Diet Coke Wofford Invitational.............................................................................. March 3-4, 2008 Lady Terrier Intercollegiate................................................................................... March 6-7, 2004 Elon Invitational......................................................................................................April 5-7, 1998
3rd Place
Terrier Intercollegiate...........................................................................................Oct. 20-21, 2014 The Country Club of Spartanburg Courtyard Classic..............................................Feb. 24-25, 2014 CSU Wendy’s Invitational..........................................................................................Oct. 7-8, 2013 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate....................................................................................April 1-2, 2013 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate....................................................................................April 2-3, 2011 Low Country Intercollegiate.............................................................................. March 20-21, 2011 Tribe Invite at the Hollows....................................................................................Oct. 16-17, 2010 Stono Cup.................................................................................................................Oct. 6-7, 2008 Colonial Intercollegiate.......................................................................................Sept. 17-18, 2007 B-CC Spring Invitational.......................................................................................Feb. 25-26, 2007 F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate............................................................................Oct. 23-24, 2006 St. Croix Collegiate Classic................................................................................. March 11-13, 2005 Coca-Cola Terrier Intercollegiate........................................................................... March 5-6, 2005 B-CC Spring Invitational.......................................................................................Feb. 25-26, 2005 Sea Trail Intercollegiate......................................................................................Sept. 25-26, 2004 Yale Fall Intercollegiate.......................................................................................Sept. 25-26, 1999
*All Records are NCAA Div. I Only
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Tournament Score in Relation to Par Sarah Hurt Anne Marie Covar Sarah Hurt Alex Rankin Anne Marie Covar Katy Funk Anne Marie Covar Lela Oakley Meredith Few Erin Wells Tarah Taylor
Great Smokies Collegiate SCSU Bulldog Invitational Mimosa Hill Intercollegiate Boscobel Intercollegiate Winthrop Fall Invitational Terrier Intercollegiate Terrier Intercollegiate SoCon Championship Great Smokies Collegiate Diet Coke Wofford Invite Terrier Intercollegiate
Individual Records
Sept. 15-16, 2008 Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 April 5-6, 2010 Oct. 9-10, 2010 Oct. 2-3, 2010 Sept. 9-10, 2013 Sept. 10-11, 2012 April 12-14, 2015 Sept. 15-16, 2008 March 5-6, 2007 Sept. 12-13, 2011
Lauren Dunbar Lauren Dunbar Anne Marie Covar Alex Hendricks Lauren Dunbar Tarah Taylor Alex Rankin Anne Marie Covar Sarah Hurt Sarah Herbert Alex Rankin Erin Wells
Runner-Up 1. T2. T2. T2. T2. T6. T6. T6. T6. T6. T6.
68 69 69 69 69 70 70 70 70 70 70
Alex Rankin Alex Rankin Anne Marie Covar Sarah Hurt Sarah Hurt Lauren Dunbar Anne Marie Covar Lauren Dunbar Alex Rankin Sarah Hurt Laura Parris
1. 139 Sarah Hurt 2. 3. T4. T4. T6. T6. T6. T9. T9. T9.
140 141 143 143 144 144 144 145 145 145
Alex Rankin Sarah Hurt Anne Marie Covar Alex Rankin Katy Funk Anne Marie Covar Anne Marie Covar Tarah Taylor Meredith Few Erin Wells
Low 18
Gainesville Shootout Boscobel Intercollegiate Winthrop Fall Invitational Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate Great Smokies Collegiate SoCon Championship SCSU Bulldog Invitational SCSU Bulldog Invitational Spider Invitational Great Smokies Collegiate Great Smokies Collegiate
March 13-15, 2008 Oct. 9-10, 2010 Oct. 2-3, 2010 April 5-6, 2010 Sept. 15-16, 2008 April 12-14, 2015 Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 Oct. 13-14, 2008 Sept. 15-16, 2008 Oct. 1-2, 2005
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Great Smokies Collegiate Sept. 15-16, 2008 Gainesville Shootout March 13-15, 2008 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate April 5-6, 2010 Winthrop Fall Intercollegiate Oct. 2-3, 2010 Boscobel Intercollegiate Oct. 9-10, 2010 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 9-10, 2013 SCSU Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 10-11, 2012 Terrier Intercollegiate Sept. 12-13, 2011 Great Smokies Collegiate Sept. 15-16, 2008 Diet Coke Wofford Invitational March 5-6, 2007
Lauren Dunbar Katy Funk Anne Marie Covar Anne Marie Covar Anne Marie Covar Alex Rankin Alex Rankin Sarah Hurt Erin Wells Laura Robinson Laura Robinson Ashley Current Laura Parris Shelley Lane Danielle Sertick
3rd Place
Lauren Dunbar Lauren Dunbar Alex Hendricks Anne Marie Covar Alex Rankin Sarah Hurt Sarah Herbert Erin Wells Erin Wells Mary Ellen Herring Laura Parris Meredith Healy
4th Place
1. 214 T2. 217 T2. 217 4. 219 5. 220 T6. 222 T6. 222 T6. 222 T9. 223 T9. 223
Anne Marie Covar Lela Oakley Alex Rankin Lauren Dunbar Elizabeth Thompson Maegan Higgins Lauren Dunbar Alex Hendricks Lauren Dunbar Lauren Dunbar
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SCSU Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 SoCon Championship April 12-14, 2015 Gainesville Shootout March 13-15, 2008 SCSU Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 SCSU Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 JMU Eagle Landing Invitational March 14-16, 2014 JMU Eagle Landing Invitational March 14-16, 2014 SCSU Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 SoCon Championship April 12-14, 2015 Lady Paladin Invitational Sept. 20-22, 2013
Most Wins
Top-5 Finishes Tournament Wins
Emiley Pagrabs Elizabeth Thompson Lauren Dunbar Alex Rankin Alex Rankin Alex Rankin Erin Wells Erin Wells Mary Ellen Herring Laura Robinson Laura Robinson Shelley Lane
5th Place
Nicole Chin Emiley Pagrabs Maegan Higgins Anne Marie Covar Anne Marie Covar Alex Hendricks Tara Taylor Alex Rankin Sarah Hurt Danielle Sertick Elizabeth Cameron
Winthrop Fall Invitational Bearcat Classic SCSU Bulldog Invitational Wofford Tri-Match Radford Match Terrier Intercollegiate Boscobel Intercollegiate Winthrop Fall Invitational Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate Boscobel Intercollegiate Gainesville Shootout Diet Coke Wofford Invitational
Nov. 1-2, 2014 Oct. 6-7, 2014 Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 Feb. 21, 2012 Nov. 8, 2011 Sept. 12-13, 2011 Oct. 9-10, 2010 Oct. 2-3, 2010 April 5-6, 2010 Oct. 24-25, 2009 March 13-15, 2008 March 5-6, 2007
Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate Terrier Intercollegiate Terrier Intercollegiate Radford Match Boscobel Intercollegiate Boscobel Intercollegiate Low Country Intercollegiate Great Smokies Collegiate North/South Women’s Coll. Draper Valley Invitational Coca-Cola Wofford Autumn Invite Sea Trail Intercollegiate Lady Terrier Intercollegiate Elon Invitational Yale Fall Intercollegiate
April 5-6, 2015 Sept. 9-10, 2013 Sept. 10-11, 2012 Nov. 8, 2011 Oct. 9-10, 2010 Oct. 24-25, 2009 March 7-8, 2009 Sept. 15-16, 2008 March 12-13, 2007 April 4-5, 2005 Oct. 11-12, 2004 Sept. 25-26, 2004 March 6-7, 2004 April 5-7, 1998 Sept. 27-28, 1997
Low Country Intercollegiate March 21-22, 2015 SCSU Bulldog Invitational Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 Low Country Intercollegiate March 25-26, 2012 Tribe Invite at the Hollows Oct. 16-17, 2010 World Golf Village Intercollegiate April 4, 2010 Boscobel Intercollegiate Oct. 24-25, 2009 Low Country Intercollegiate March 7-8, 2009 Stono Cup Oct. 6-7, 2008 Sea Trail Intercollegiate Sept. 23-24, 2006 B-CC Spring Invitational Feb. 25-26, 2005 Coca-Cola/Wofford Invite Oct. 11-12, 2004 Radford Spring Invitational April 6-8, 2003 Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate SCSU Bulldog Invitational Highlander Invitational Spider Invitational Roar-ee Invitational Larry Nelson Coll. Invite Longwood Invitational F&M Bank APSU IC Draper Valley Intercollegiate St. Croix Collegiate Classic Lady Terrier Intercollegiate Yale Fall Intercollegiate
April 5-6, 2015 Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2012 Sept. 23, 2012 Oct. 13-14, 2008 April 11-12, 2008 March 31 - April 1, 2008 April 2-3, 2007 Oct. 23-24, 2006 Sept. 12-13, 2005 March 11-13, 2005 March 6-7, 2004 Sept. 26-27, 1998
Winthrop Fall Invitational Winthrop Fall Invitational Terrier Intercollegiate Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate Wofford Tri-Match Radford Match Radford Match Tribe Invite Stono Cup Yale Fall Intercollegiate Elon Invitational
Nov. 1-2, 2014 Nov. 1-2, 2014 Sept. 9-10, 2013 April 2-3, 2012 Feb. 21, 2012 Nov. 8, 2011 Nov. 8, 2011 Oct. 16-17, 2010 Oct. 6-7, 2008 Sept. 25-26, 1999 Apr. 5-7, 1998
Lauren Dunbar.......................... 3 Anne Marie Covar...................... 2 Alex Rankin............................... 2 Lauren Dunbar.......................... 1 Alex Hendricks......................... 1 Sarah Herbert........................... 1 Sarah Hurt................................ 1 Tarah Taylor............................... 1 Erin Wells.................................. 1
Most Top 5’s
Alex Rankin............................... 9 Anne Marie Covar...................... 8 Lauren Dunbar.......................... 7 Erin Wells.................................. 6 Sarah Hurt................................ 4 Laura Robinson......................... 4 Alex Hendricks.......................... 3 Sarah Herbert........................... 2 Mary Ellen Herring.................... 2 Shelly Lane............................... 2 Emiley Pagrabs......................... 2 Laura Parris............................... 2 Danielle Sertick......................... 2 Tarah Taylor............................... 2 Elizabeth Cameron.................... 1 Nicole Chin................................ 1 Ashley Current.......................... 1 Katy Funk.................................. 1 Meredith Healy......................... 1 Maegan Higgins........................ 1 Elizabeth Thompson................. 1
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Terrier Honors/Awards All-Southern Conference Selections Lauren Dunbar (2014) Alex Rankin (2011) Erin Wells (2007)
Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
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Southern Conference All-Freshman Team Katy Funk (2014) Anne Marie Covar (2011) Sarah Hurt (2009)
Southern Conference Player of the Month Erin Wells (March 2007)
Erin Wells was Wofford’s first All-Southern Conference Selection.
Southern Conference Player of the Week Sarah Hurt (April 7, 2010) Alex Rankin (March 17, 2010) Alex Rankin (April 16, 2008) Alex Rankin (March 19, 2008) Erin Wells (March 14, 2007)
Sarah Hurt was Wofford’s first SoCon All-Freshman Team member.
Alex Rankin’s three SoCon Player of the Week selections are Wofford’s most.
World Amateur Team Championship Robinson played in the World Amateur Team Championship RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico -- Former Wofford women’s golfer Laura Robinson ’05 (Paget, Bermuda) represented her home country in the World Amateur Team Championship, Oct. 20-23, 2004, at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The tournament took place at two courses at the country club. The Ocean course was slated for 6,076 yards, and the River course was set for 5,854 yards, both at par 72. Each country which competed sent three participants for the 72-hole stroke play format. The lowest two scores per nation for the 51 women’s teams counted towards the Espirito Santo Trophy. “This is like a major championship for amateur golf and that’s the way we plan to treat it,” said Sidney Wolf, president of the Puerto Rico Golf Association, prior to the event. In order to be eligible for the event, players must have been amateur golfers under the Rules of Amateur Status of either The Royal and Ancient Golf Club in St. Andrews, Scotland, or the U.S. Golf Association. “It’s a huge honor for her,” said former Terrier associate director of golf and current head women’s coach Angie Ridgeway. “To have a member of your own program in any type of world event is tremendous. We are all proud of her no matter what she accomplishes during the event. She certainly has the talent to play with anyone there.” Robinson was allowed to carry her Wofford golf bag during the World Amateur Team Championship.
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SoCon Tournament History Year Team Finish Team Score Top Finisher Place
Individual Score
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1998................ 5th...................352-353-349--1054 (+190)............................... Shelley Lane..................... T-13th......................82-81-82--245 (+29) 1999................ 4th...................336-350-328--1014 (+150)............................... Danielle Sertick...................6th.........................77-88-77--242 (+26) 2000................ 7th...................331-318-328--977 (+113)................................. Meredith Healy................. T-12th......................78-80-77--235 (+19) 2001................ 7th...................341-338--679 (+103)......................................... Danielle Sertick..................14th.............................85-80--165 (+21) 2002................ 7th...................333-336-326--995 (+131)................................. Laura Robinson................ T-11th......................80-78-76--234 (+18) 2003................ 8th...................336-322-334--992 (+128)................................. Laura Robinson................ T-26th......................82-79-82--243 (+27) 2004................ 9th...................346-347-335--1028 (+164)............................... Laura Parris,..................... T-11th......................78-77-83--238 (+22) 2005................ 7th...................330-336-340--1006 (+142)............................... Laura Robinson..................23rd........................79-81-84--244 (+28) 2006................ 7th...................322-313--635 (+59)........................................... Erin Wells.......................... T-13th.............................77-75--152 (+8) 2007................ 7th...................338-315--653 (+77)........................................... Sarah Herbert................... T-18th...........................85-73--158 (+14) 2008................ 6th...................317-319-319--955 (+91)................................... Erin Wells.......................... T-10th......................78-74-78--230 (+14) 2009................ 7th...................327-326-323--976 (+112)................................. Erin Wells.......................... T-14th......................75-81-82--238 (+22) 2010................ 9th...................330-316-317--963 (+99)................................... Alex Rankin.......................T-23rd......................79-80-78--237 (+21) 2011................ 8th...................332-326-317--975 (+111)................................. Alex Rankin....................... T-7th.......................79-75-77--231 (+15) 2012................ 9th...................319-331-327--977 (+113)................................. Elizabeth Thompson......... T-22nd......................78-80-83--241 (+25) 2013................ 7th...................322-308-306--936 (+72)................................... Lauren Dunbar................. T-22nd......................82-75-77--234 (+18) ........................................................................................................................... Anne Marie Covar............. T-22nd......................83-76-75--234 (+18) 2014................ 6th...................326-315-315--956 (+92)................................... Anne Marie Covar............. T-12th......................80-80-75--235 (+19) 2015................ 4th...................302-293-296--891 (+27)................................... Lela Oakley........................ T-6th....................... 73-73-71---217 (+1)
Wofford finished tied for fourth at the 2015 SoCon Championship, carding its lowest score in 18 total appearances (+27, 891).
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Golf Facilities The Wofford men’s and women’s golf teams, beginning in the fall of 2006, utilize the newly renovated Golf Learning Center on campus. Thanks to generous gifts from many friends, families and alumni, the Terrier programs have a first-class indoor facility which is exclusively reserved for their use. The center is located on the upper floor of Andrews Field House, the former varsity on-campus gymnasium. The venue contains 17 lockers, one for each of the men’s and women’s student-athletes, a hitting area, video capabilities for swing and technique study and storage capacities. With a clubhouse-type locker room setting, the Terriers can study their academic courses or review their golf game on a large HDTV. Two computer stations are also available with full email and internet access.
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Friends of Wofford Golf Charlie Bradshaw Mike Brown Justin Converse Walter Converse Lofton Cox Pat and Cathy Crowley CWS Insurance Agency Adam Dox Elaine Freeman William Hammill Jackson Hughes Douglas Joyce Bill Knott Barry Lentz Mark Lewitt Frank Limehouse Richard Lowery Lee Mason Marion Moore Scott Perry Daniel Sloan Rusty Wells Anonymous (in honor of Earl Buice) Anonymous (in honor of Dan O’Connell) All names listed above gave a monetary gift towards the renovated Golf Learning Center in Andrews Field House.
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Practice Green and Range
Spartanburg Country Club
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Spartanburg
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THE HUB CITY
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The City’s origins predate the Revolutionary War. Spartanburg was named for a unit of American Revolution forces called the “Spartan Rifles” who helped defeat the British at the Battle of Cowpens in 1781, under the leadership of General Daniel Morgan. The town of Spartanburg was incorporated in 1831 and later as a city in 1880 by the 13 Original States and Tennessee. During this time Spartanburg was booming due in large part to the rapidly expanding textile industry. In the 1870s, Spartanburg became a railroad “hub city,” with mainline railroads extending from Magnolia Street depot in all directions, taking passengers and freight to Charleston, Augusta, Atlanta, Asheville, Charlotte and points beyond. As many as 90 trains per day could be seen and heard operating in Spartanburg during the golden age of the American railroad, 1900-20. During the 1920s, Spartanburg built South Carolina’s first municipal airport and claimed the state’s first commercial radio station (WSPA). Its leadership in the state was reflected by the election of several residents as governor. Thousands of U.S. soldiers bound for overseas service in World Wars I and II trained at camps in Spartanburg. The post headquarters for Camp Wadsworth (1917-19) was located at the present site of WestGate Mall, and the Camp Croft (1940-45) was located south of the city. Much of that military reservation has become Croft
State Park. After World War II, Spartanburg made a concerted effort to promote its location at the junction of Interstates 85 and 26 to international business. One of the greatest successes of this campaign was the development of the BMW manufacturing center near the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. Spartanburg’s downtown, which always has been anchored by the campuses of Wofford and Converse Colleges, has been undergoing a major revival since the mid-1990s. In addition to the corporate headquarters for Denny’s, Advance America, QS-1 and several other companies, the city has acquired a magnificant public library, the Marriott Hotel at Renaissance Park and most recently, the Chapman Arts Center and the USC Upstate George Dean Johnson School of Business. The area surrounding Morgan Square gradually is redeveloping with a variety of interesting restaurants and urban apartment-style housing. Throughout the 20th century, textile manufacturing companies formed the backbone of the Spartanburg
economy. The most significant of these companies still in operation is internationally respected Milliken & Company. Blessed by geography and climate as well as by energetic and well-educated citizenry, Spartanburg is emerging as one of the centers of a 21st century metroplex that extends along the South Carolina portion of the I-85 corridor.
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PHI BETA KAPPA PHI BETA KAPPA
Kirk Whitehead (above) is the latest men’s golf player to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
PHI BETA KAPPA STUDENT-ATHLETES Name Sport Mitchell Charles Allen ‘11 Football Abigail A. Anderson ‘05 Women’s Soccer Katerine R. Annas ‘00 Women’s Tennis Chelsea Marie Ashworth ‘13 Women’s Soccer William Hawksley Barbee ’60 Men’s Basketball Margaret W. Barrett ’96 Volleyball John Patrick Batten, Jr. ’80 Basketball, Football Edward Milton Berckman ’52 Track Angela Colleen Berry ‘06 Volleyball Edward Barton Blackmon, Jr. ’74 Track Maggie Elizabeth Bosley ‘14 Women’s Soccer Lauren MacKenzie Bosshardt ‘08 Cross Country/Track Thomas Leinbach Bower, III ’74 Football, Baseball Brandon M. Boyce ‘01 Men’s Basketball Kevin Mark Bringewatt ’89 Baseball Rachel Dee Brittenham ‘13 Women’s Basketball William K. Brumbach III ‘00 Cross Country Thomas Casey Brittain ’75 Football George W. Burdette III ‘03 Men’s Soccer Timothy H. Burwell ’80 Baseball James Harold Chandler ’71 Football Augustus McKee Chreitzberg, Jr. ’47 Men’s Tennis Aaron Curtis Cole ’94 Cross Country Jessica Scheel Connett ‘07 Women’s Soccer Troy Michael Cox ’89 Cross Country Robert Scott Creveling ’74 Football Jonathan Dean Crumly ’91 Men’s Soccer Kenneth Joseph Davis ’59 Swimming Phillip Mark Dempsey ’90 Football Meredith P. Denton ‘00 Women’s Basketball Beverly Thomas Duncan ’69 Women’s Basketball Dendy E. Engelman ‘98 Volleyball Heidi Faber ’85 Volleyball Jennifer M. Ferguson ‘05 Rifle William Harvey Floyd, Jr. ’53 Men’s Tennis Joseph Edward Fornadel III ‘10 Football Benjamin J. Foster ‘02 Football LuAnne Vaughan Gatlin ’86 Volleyball Coleman Lane Glaze ’88 Baseball Scott Timothy Gould ’81 Men’s Basketball Cole Blease Graham, Jr. ’64 Baseball Joseph Andrew Green ’94 Football Donald James Grenier ’62 Men’s Golf Clary H. Groen ‘96 Men’s Golf Kristian P. Gusmer ‘00 Cross Country Kelly Ann Harvey ’92 Cross Country John Arthur Hendrix ’68 Baseball, Basketball Kristen A. Hite ‘00 Track William Stanley Hoole ’24 Baseball Courtney A. Howe ‘97 Volleyball Jonathan Douglas Hufford ‘09 Football April Lynn Hughes ’90 Volleyball Charles Haskell Hughes, Jr. ’81 Football Quinn Douglas Hunt ‘12 Men’s Soccer Paul Mark Inclan ‘14 Football Thomas Lloyd Jackson ’76 Football Elizabeth Bohlen Jeter ’93 Women’s Tennis Gerald Kenneth Johnson ’76 Football William R. Johnson ‘02 Men’s Tennis Larry Hudson Jones ’70 Men’s Basketball Scott H. Jones ‘98 Football Heidi M. Kadous ‘03 Volleyball William Paul Keesley ’75 Track Andrea K. Kelsey ‘13 Women’s Cross Country/Track Katie Elizabeth Kessler ‘14 Women’s Cross Country/Track C. Bailey King, Jr. ‘02 Football Meredith A. Knox ‘99 Volleyball, Basketball James Harshaw Lane ‘12 Football Amanda Katherine Liguori ‘14 Volleyball
Name Sport Bradley Alexander Loesing ‘12 Men’s Basketball James William Logan ’86 Cross Country William Steven Lowrance ‘58 Football Lindsay R. Lyman ‘04 Volleyball Mary Katherine Macklen ‘15 Women’s Soccer Kathryn S. Maloney ‘04 Rifle Rudolph Ernest Mancke, III ’67 Football Michael Christopher Marshall ’83 Football Mary Beth Martin ‘00 Women’s Tennis Stephanie H. Martin ’97 Volleyball Jonathan Virett Maxwell ’71 Men’s Basketball Samuel Jesse McCoy ’25 Track Brian Novak McCraken Men’s Track and Field Mary Ann McCrackin ’85 Volleyball Ethan Koppang Miller ‘12 Men’s Soccer Daniel Baker Morrison, Jr. ’75 Men’s Basketball Horace William Mullinax ’50 Baseball Stephen Christopher Mullins ’78 Men’s Soccer Jennifer A. Nett ‘02 Women’s Basketball William A. Newell ‘98 Cross Country Curt L. Nichols ‘96 Men’s Soccer John B. Nichols ‘01 Football Charles Phifer Nicholson ’82 Football George Bryan Nicholson, Jr. ’75 Football Margaret Casey O’Brien ‘12 Women’s Soccer Albert Cook Outler ’28 Cross Country/Track Christi R. Owen ‘96 Women’s Tennis Kyung Seok Paek ’82 Women’s Soccer Edwin Thomas Parham, III ’94 Men’s Tennis Pamela Gaye Parnell ’83 Volleyball Manoj Pariyadath ‘98 Women’s Tennis Dwight Fleming Patterson, Sr. ’29 Cross Country/Track Rebecca J. Paulson ‘03 Volleyball Richard Duncan Pinson ’72 Men’s Basketball Thomas Clark Powell ‘09 Men’s Soccer Ray Hampton Price ’74 Track J. Bishop Ravenel ‘01 Men’s Basketball Jordan Whitney Rawl’10 Rifle Mary Alexander Rea ‘09 Women’s Soccer Robert Bruce Remler ’79 Men’s Golf Leah Karen Rhodes ’82 Volleyball, Basketball Domas Rinksalis ‘13 Men’s Basketball Carolyn Sophia Rivers ‘09 Volleyball Stuart Dudley Robertson ‘12 Men’s Tennis Wendy M. Rohr ‘04 Women’s Tennis David Winston Roney ‘12 Baseball Neill Russell Sandifer ‘07 Men’s Soccer Kane Carter Sherrill ‘14 Fooball Kathleen Grace Sobczyk ‘06 Volleyball Kimberly Mae Stauffer ‘13 Women’s Cross Country/Track Faith A. Stewart ‘03 Women’s Soccer Reddick Bowman Still, III ’58 Golf, Football Allen Heath Stokes, Jr. ’64 Men’s Golf Reagan Celeste Styles ‘13 Volleyball Meredith Lucille Swittenberg ’91 Women’s Tennis Brian William Thomas ’83 Men’s Soccer Robert E. Tibbetts ‘04 Men’s Soccer Stephen Michael Tomasovich ’90 Men’s Basketball Allyson C. Varn ‘99 Women’s Basketball Cheryl Elizabeth Vickers ’87 Women’s Basketball Albert Theodore Watson ’43 Football Wallace Steadman Watson ’58 Track Justin William Whitaker ‘15 Men’s Cross Country/Track Kirk Austin Whitehead ‘10 Men’s Golf Laura Lynne Wilkinson ’83 Women’s Basketball Alissa Marie Williams ‘15 Women’s Cross Country/Track Alexander Tate Wilson ‘14 Baseball Rachel Marie Woodlee ‘13 Volleyball
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At the end of the last academic year, there were approximately 2,000 four-year colleges in the United States. Only 262 of them have the right to induct their graduates into Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s most prestigious liberal arts honor society. There are five independent Phi Beta Kappa colleges and universities in the Carolinas: Wofford, Davidson, Duke, Furman and Wake Forest. Founded at the College of William and Mary in December 1776, Phi Beta Kappa was the first of the Greek letter fraternities and adopted such rituals as the badge, the secret oath, and the special handclasp from the various secret societies of the day. Phi Beta Kappa, however, was also devoted to the principles of “friendship, morality, and literature (or learning),” and these characteristics gradually attained the greatest emphasis. John Quincy Adams, Edward Everett and Joseph Story, members of the Harvard chapter, are credited with making the fraternity a public literary and honor society for undergraduates in the 1830’s. Women were first admitted to Phi Beta Kappa in 1875 at the University of Vermont. Wofford received its chapter at the 1940 triennial meeting, bringing to fruition more than ten years of work by three Phi Beta Kappa members who were then serving on the faculty: President Henry Nelson Snyder, Dr. David Duncan Wallace, class of 1894, and Dr. John West Harris ’16, a brash and brilliant young English professor not afraid to campaign vigorously in the conviction that his alma mater deserved membership. (Dr. Harris later founded the National Beta Club, which still has its headquarters in Spartanburg). With about 350,000 members across the country, Phi Beta Kappa today sponsors numerous programs to encourage scholarship and learning, including the Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards and the visiting scholar, academic fellowship and leadership programs. For these reasons, Phi Beta Kappa Day at Wofford has institutional significance, as well as being especially memorable for the new members, each of whom will receive the traditional Phi Beta Kappa watch key or pin.
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SOUTHERN CONFERENCE The Southern Conference, which is in its 95th season of intercollegiate competition in 2015-16, is a national leader in emphasizing the development of the student-athlete and in helping to build lifelong leaders and role models. The Southern Conference has been on the forefront of innovation and originality in developing creative solutions to address issues facing intercollegiate athletics. From establishing the first postseason college basketball tournament (1921), to tackling the issue of freshman eligibility (1922), to developing women’s championships (1984), to becoming the first conference to install the 3-point goal in basketball (1980), the Southern Conference has been a pioneer. The Southern Conference is the nation’s fifth-oldest NCAA Division I collegiate athletic association. Only the Big Ten (1896), the Missouri Valley (1907), the Pac-12 (1915) and the Southwestern Athletic (1920) conferences are older in terms of origination. Academic excellence has been a major part of the Southern Conference’s tradition. Hundreds of Southern Conference student-athletes have been recognized on Capital One Academic All-America and All-District teams. A total of 20 Rhodes Scholarship winners have been selected from conference institutions, including Wofford volleyball player Rachel
Woodlee, who earned the honor in 2012-13. The Conference currently consists of 10 members in six states throughout the Southeast and sponsors 20 varsity sports and championships that produce participants for NCAA Division I Championships. The Southern Conference offices are located in the historic Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, S.C. A textile mill that was in operation from 1880 until 1999, Beaumont Mill was renovated in 2004 and today offers the league first-class meeting areas and offices as well as a spacious library for storage of the conference’s historical documents. MEMBERSHIP HISTORY On Feb. 25, 1921, representatives from 14 of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association’s (SIAA) 30 members met at Atlanta’s Piedmont Hotel to establish the Southern Intercollegiate Conference. On hand at the inaugural meeting were officials from Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute (Auburn), Clemson, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology (Georgia Tech), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi A&M (Mississippi State), North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) and Washington & Lee.
The Southern Conference office is located in the refurbished Beaumont Mill in Spartanburg, less than a mile from the Wofford campus.
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Dr. S.V. Sanford of Georgia was chosen as acting chairman and N.W. Dougherty of Tennessee was named secretary. The decision to form a new athletic conference was motivated by the desire to have a workable number of conference games for each league member. With 30 schools in the SIAA by the early 1920s, it was impossible to play every school at least once during the regular season and many schools went several years between playing some conference members. In addition, in 1920, the SIAA voted down proposed rules that an athlete must be in a college a year before playing on its teams and refused to abolish a rule permitting athletes to play summer baseball for money. Play began in the fall of 1921, and a year later, six more schools joined the fledgling league, including Tulane (which had attended the inaugural meeting but had elected not to join), Florida, Louisiana (LSU), Mississippi, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. VMI joined in 1925 and Duke was added in 1929. By the 1930s, membership in the Southern Conference had reached 23 schools. C.P. “Sally” Miles of Virginia Tech, president of the Southern Conference, called the annual league meeting to order on Dec. 9, 1932, at the Farragut Hotel in Knoxville, Tenn. Georgia’s Dr. Sanford announced that 13 institutions west and south of the Appalachian Mountains were reorganizing as the Southeastern Conference. Members of the new league included Alabama, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Florida, Georgia, Georgia School of Technology, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi A&M, University of the South, Tennessee, Tulane and Vanderbilt. According to the minutes of the meeting, Dr. Sanford stated that the division was made along geographical lines. Florida’s Dr. J.J. Tigert, acting as spokesman for the withdrawing group, regretted the move but believed it was necessary as the
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CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY The first Southern Conference Championship held after the formation of the league was the basketball tournament in Atlanta in 1922. The North Carolina Tar Heels won the tournament to become the first recognized league champion in any sport. The Southern Conference tournament remains the oldest of its kind in college basketball. The most recent addition was men’s lacrosse, which crowned its first champion in 2015.
The Southern Conference declares champions in 11 men’s sports – football, soccer, cross country, basketball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, wrestling, baseball, lacrosse, tennis and golf – and nine women’s sports – soccer, volleyball, cross country, basketball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis, golf and softball. Wofford won the 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2012 SoCon Football Championships.
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Southern Conference had grown too large. The resignations were accepted and the withdrawing schools formed the new league, which began play in 1933. The Southern Conference continued with membership of 10 institutions, including Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia, VMI, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee. The second major shift occurred some 20 years later. By 1952, the Southern Conference included 17 colleges and universities. Another split occurred when seven schools – Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest – departed to form the Atlantic Coast Conference, which began play in 1953. The revamped Southern Conference included members The Citadel, Davidson, Furman, George Washington, Richmond, VMI, Virginia Tech, Washington & Lee, West Virginia and William & Mary. A third major shift occurred in 2012-13, when five members announced their departures and three schools were added. College of Charleston announced its decision to leave for the Colonial Athletic Association following the 2012-13 season, while Appalachian State (Sun Belt), Davidson (Atlantic 10), Elon (Colonial) and Georgia Southern (Sun Belt) announced they would depart following the 2013-14 campaign. At the Southern Conference’s 2013 spring meetings in Hilton Head Island, S.C., the league officially extended invitations to former members East Tennessee State and VMI, as well as Mercer, to join the league for the 2014-15 academic year. Today, the league continues to thrive with a membership that includes 10 institutions and a footprint that spans six states: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Current league members are The Citadel, East Tennessee State, Furman, Mercer, UNCG, Samford, Chattanooga, VMI, Western Carolina and Wofford.
Alabama (1921-1932) Appalachian State (1971-2014) Auburn (1921-1932) College of Charleston (1998-2013) Chattanooga (1976-present) The Citadel (1936-present) Clemson (1921-1953) Davidson (1936-1988, 1991-2014) Duke (1928-1953) East Carolina (1964-1976) East Tennessee State (1978-2005, 2014-present) Elon (2003-2014) Florida (1922-1932) Furman (1936-present) George Washington (1936-1970) Georgia (1921-1932) Georgia Southern (1991-2014) Georgia Tech (1921-1932) Kentucky (1921-1932) Louisiana State (1922-1932) Marshall (1976-1997) Maryland (1921-1953) Mercer (2014-present) Mississippi (1922-1932) Mississippi State (1921-1932) North Carolina (1921-1953) North Carolina at Greensboro (1997-present) North Carolina State (1921-1953) Richmond (1936-1976) Samford (2008-present) South Carolina (1922-1953) Tennessee (1921-1932) Tulane (1922-1932) University of the South (1922-1932) Vanderbilt (1922-1932) Virginia (1921-1937) VMI (1924-2003, 2014-present) Virginia Tech (1921-1965) Wake Forest (1936-1953) Washington & Lee (1921-1958) West Virginia (1950-1968) Western Carolina (1976-present) William & Mary (1936-1977) Wofford (1997-present)
Wofford won the 2013 Men’s Soccer Regular Season Championship.
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Wofford Administration
DR. NAYEF
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JOHNSON
PRESIDENT
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
The Wofford College Board of Trustees elected Dr. Nayef H. Samhat as president of the college on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. He began his duties at Wofford on July 1, 2013. Samhat had served as provost and professor of political science and international studies at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, since 2009. “We conducted a thorough, national search for the 11th president of Wofford College,” said J. Harold Chandler (Class of 1971), chair of the Wofford Board of Trustees. “Our search committee was led by an able and accomplished individual and its 12 members have done their job in a thoughtful and comprehensive manner. The board of trustees, led by its Human Resources Committee, has completed its review and have voted to accept the mutual recommendation of the Search Committee and the Human Resources Committee in the naming of Dr. Nayef H. Samhat as the next president of Wofford College. We are honored that Dr. Samhat has accepted our call and we are excited and ready to begin our important work together.” Samhat held several positions at Centre College in Danville, Ky., from 1996 to 2009, including associate dean of the college, the Frank B. and Virginia Hower Associate Professor of Government and International Studies, chair of the Division of Social Studies, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Associate coordinator of the Environmental Field Experience Program and an instructor in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., from 1995 to 1996. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in international economics from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., in 1983, Samhat received his master of international affairs degree from Columbia University in New York City. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Northwestern University, where he also received a minor in comparative political economy. While at Kenyon, Samhat has overseen a number of major grants, including two from the Mellon Foundation: a Critical Languages and Innovative Pedagogy grant to support post-doctoral teaching fellowships for Russian and Arabic languages, and a grant for the Center for Innovative Pedagogy and The Essentials: Renewing General Education within the Curriculum to enhance the endowment for a previously Mellonfunded Teacher Teaching Teachers grant. Samhat has made a number of presentations, participated in numerous panels and written papers centering on the challenges of the liberal arts college, the role of provost, developing faculty leaders and other topics. He also has written numerous papers, reviews and essays on foreign policy, international relations and global environmentalism. A native of Detroit, Mich., Samhat is married to Prema Samhat, former director of the Knox Community Hospital Foundation and director of marketing and communications for Knox Community Hospital. They have three daughters, Alia, Jehan, and Leila.
Richard Johnson is in his 15th year as director of athletics at
The Samhats with South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley at a football game.
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Wofford College. The former head basketball coach has been an instrumental figure on campus for over 30 years. Johnson officially began his new duties on December 3, 2001. In 17 years as head basketball coach at Wofford (1985-2002), Johnson had a 100 percent graduation rate for all players who completed their eligibility under him. He was the runner-up for SoCon Coach of the Year honors twice in the Terriers’ five seasons of league play under him. His 200th win was a 79-74 victory at Clemson during the 1999-2000 campaign. During his Wofford coaching tenure, Johnson guided the Terriers from NAIA membership to NCAA Division II in 1988, Division I status in 1995 and the Southern Conference in 1997. A 1976 graduate of The Citadel, Johnson came to Wofford after serving nine years as a basketball assistant at his alma mater under legendary coach Les Robinson. Johnson also holds an MBA from The Citadel. Over the past several years as athletic director, he also has been a driving force behind the development of several facility projects. Russell C. King Field and Switzer Stadium returned baseball to campus in 2003. The Richardson Building was renovated in 2008, while the Joe E. Taylor Athletic Building and a golf practice facility were completed in 2009. In 2014, Wofford announced that the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium would be built, with construction of the 3,400 seat arena beginning in the fall of 2015. Johnson has also been responsible for the growth of the athletic endowment to a current level of over $43 million, with a long-term goal of endowing all scholarships in the department. He is a member of the NCAA’s Division I Football Championship Committee and the FCS ADA Executive Committee. In June of 2015, he was named Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. Johnson and his wife Carol, have two daughters, Lindsay and Lauren, and a son, Rich. Lindsay is a 2001 Wofford graduate and Lauren graduated from Wofford in 2003, while Rich works at Carolina Alliance Bank. The Johnsons also have five grandchildren. Lindsay and Brad Lowry are the parents of Louisa and Brady Lowry, while Lauren and Dr. Reece McWilliams are the parents of Mac, Walker, and James McWilliams.
DR. JAMEICA
HILL
FACULTY ATHLETIC REP.
Dr. Jameica Hill ‘88, Professor and Chair of the Chemistry
Department, is in her tenth year as the Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) at Wofford. Dr. Hill represents Wofford to the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Southern Conference. She is responsible for certifying the eligibility of student-athletes and assuring integrity in the eligibility process. In addition to supervising athletics policies, the FAR also serves as a liaison between the faculty and the student athletes, looking out for their individual well-being with regard to academics and athletics. Hill, a native of Due West, S.C. and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, earned her Ph.D. degree in inorganic chemistry at Clemson University, where she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year. She received Wofford’s 1995 Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award and was also an associate director for a summer science program that was funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Center. Hill’s interest in athletics has been a lifelong one. Her father was a high school coach, and she participated in many different sports (including being named a SC All-State point guard and playing in the North/South game). A 1988 graduate of Wofford, Hill was a cheerleader for the football and basketball teams as a student. Her husband, Jason Hill ’89, is a former Wofford quarterback and assistant coach. Their daughter Shelby is a sophomore cheerleader at Clemson University, while their son Jason is a freshman on the football team at Wofford.
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SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD FOR DEVELOPMENT
MARK LINE
SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD FOR SPORTS PROGRAMS Mark Line, Wofford’s all-time winningest baseball coach, returned to the Terrier athletic department in July 2003 in the role of associate athletic director for internal operations and sports programs. He was promoted to senior associate athletic director in 2012. Among his myriad of duties, Line supervises the Olympic sports while also overseeing the department’s budget and serving as liaison to the Carolina Panthers and several on-campus groups and committees. A 1977 graduate of Erskine, Line posted a 210-158 record (.571) in 10 years as the Terriers baseball coach (1986-95). He received District Coach of the Year honors in his second season as the 1987 squad put together as a 23-11 mark. Wofford then set a single-season school record for victories the following campaign with a 27-12 record. It marked the first time Wofford qualified for postseason play in consecutive seasons. Line’s 1991 team established another Terrier mark for wins with a 30-9 record. Line was selected as a 2004 inductee into Wofford’s Athletic Hall of Fame. The first-base dugout at Russell C. King Field, the Terriers’ on-campus baseball facility, is named in his honor. Line has served as chairman of the physical education department since 1988. Following the 1995 season, Line accepted a role as associate dean of students in the Wofford student affairs office. He worked with volunteer services, Bonner Scholars, the campus judicial system and a host of other activities involving campus life. Line and his wife, Pam, have two children: Alyse Worley, a 2010 graduate of Wofford, and Sam, a 2014 graduate of Emory and Henry College. Alyse and her husband Mitch live in Charleston, while Sam is a history teacher and baseball coach at North Augusta High School.
LENNY MATHIS
ASSOCIATE AD FOR MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS Lenny Mathis is in his 13th season on the Wofford staff as the assistant athletic director for marketing and promotions. In his role he oversees the marketing and promotions for all eighteen sports and ticket sales efforts. He coordinates the gameday experience, supervising the cheerleaders, dance team, and pep band. Mathis comes from a minor league baseball background. Prior to running the Spartanburg Stingers, he served as the director of ticket operations in 2002 for the Class A Savannah Sand Gnats. He also worked two summers, 1999 and 2000, with the Greenville Braves. In 2000-01, he served as a marketing representative for the Clemson Tiger Network’s radio affiliate in Columbia, SC. He was the general manager of the Spartanburg Stingers in the Coastal Plain League, a summer wooden bat baseball league for collegiate players in their inaugural 2003 season. Mathis is a 2000 graduate of the University of South Carolina where he received a degree
ELIZABETH RABB ASSOCIATE AD FOR COMPLIANCE / SWA
Elizabeth Rabb is in her 14th year as a member of the Wofford athletic department. In her current role, she oversees NCAA, Southern Conference and Wofford regulatory issues for all Terrier student-athletes. This includes interpreting NCAA regulations and monitoring recruiting, financial aid and eligibility issues. In July of 2011, she ended a three-year term as a member of the NCAA’s Administration Cabinet. Rabb began serving on the NCAA’s Olympic Sports Liaison Committee in September of 2011. She has also served as Wofford’s ticket manager and cheerleading coach during her tenure at Wofford. A native of Johnson City, Tenn., Rabb earned a B.A. degree in history from Wofford in 2001. She earned her master’s degree from Converse College in December 2007. While an undergraduate, she worked as a student assistant in the athletic department and was a member of both the cheerleading and dance squads. Rabb also worked as an intern at East Tennessee State and the Southern Conference office. She is currently serving as the president of the Junior League of Spartanburg. Rabb and her husband, Marc, were married on June 23, 2007. Marc is the director of media relations at Gardner-Webb University. Their daughter, Ella, was born in June of 2010.
ANDY KIAH
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES Andy Kiah is in his 20th year on the staff at Wofford and 14th as the director of athletic facilities. Kiah oversees the maintenance and operation of all athletic facilities, including Gibbs Stadium, the practice fields, the Richardson Building, Snyder Field, Russell C. King Field and the Benjamin Johnson Arena. Wofford’s facilities, which are also used by the Carolina Panthers for training camp, have been ranked among the best in the country. Kiah first came to Wofford as an assistant baseball coach. A 1996 graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Kiah was a four-year letterman for the UMass baseball team. The 1996 Minuteman squad advanced to the NCAA Regionals and was within one game of reaching the College World Series. He was captain of the 1996 team that set a school record with 40 wins. A native of Brewer, Maine, Kiah holds a bachelor’s degree in sports management from the University of Massachusetts. His wife Amy, is head coach of the Wofford women’s soccer team. They have two daughters, Kayleigh and Mikenna.
BRENT WILLIAMSON ASSOCIATE AD FOR MEDIA RELATIONS
Brent Williamson is in his ninth season at Wofford as Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations. He joined the Terriers after spending four years as the Assistant Athletic Director for Public Relations at the University of Maine. He is responsible for the media relations operations for the Wofford College Athletic Department and is the primary contact for football and baseball. He oversees all department publications, news releases and the website. The 2013 football media guide was named “Best in the Nation” by CoSIDA. In four years at Maine, Williamson oversaw the media relations for nineteen sports. He was the primary contact for the men’s ice hockey team, which advanced to three NCAA Frozen Fours. He worked with six All-Americans and a Hobey Baker Finalist, along with several current NHL players
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Terri Lewitt is in her 31st year as a member of the Wofford athletic department. Lewitt’s main duties as senior associate athletic director for development revolve around the Terrier Club and serving as the Senior Woman Administrator. She also chairs, along with the Terrier Club president, many of the events and activities administered by the Terrier Club and its board of directors, including the Terrier Ball. After coming to the college as an administrative assistant in March 1985, Lewitt became the sports information director two months later. In addition to those duties, she was the business and ticket manager for the department. She has also served as the compliance director. In 2008, she was recognized by the Southern Conference for her role in the growth of women’s athletics as the conference celebrated 25 years of women’s championships. Lewitt was promoted to assistant athletic director in 1989, associate director in 1996, and senior associate athletic director in 2012. The Burlington, N.C. native earned her B.A. degree in history from Elon in 1984. Lewitt and her husband, Mark, have two children: Lauren and David, both of whom currently attend Wofford.
in sport and entertainment management. A native of Manning, S.C., he volunteers his time as the media and public relations chairman for the Carolina Miracle League, a baseball league for children with disabilities in Spartanburg County and surrounding areas. He is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) and served as the president of the “Friends of Duncan Park,” a grass roots organization working to preserve Historic Duncan Park Stadium in Spartanburg, South Carolina’s oldest baseball park (1926). He and his wife, Amanda, live in Spartanburg with their son, Tripp, and daughter, Virginia.
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and two Stanley Cup Champions. At Maine he also oversaw the development and production of a bi-weekly television show, The Black Bear Insider, along with other special projects. Prior to Maine, he spent eight years working in media relations in the National Football League. After two seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, he joined the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1997. In 2002, he was named Director of Media Relations for the Houston Texans. He assisted in the media relations operations at four Super Bowls. A native of Taylors, S.C., Williamson graduated from Wake Forest University in 1994 with a bachelors degree in history. He added a masters of sports management from the University of Richmond in 1996. His grandfather, W.S. Williamson, graduated from Wofford College in 1932.
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LIA CARTER IMG COLLEGE
Lia Carter is in her second season with Wofford Sports Properties and IMG College and first as general manager. In this role, she is responsible for the development of corporate sponsorships for Wofford College. Along with researching prospects and developing proposals, she handles the fulfillment of sponsorship agreements. Before working at Wofford, she spent two years as a national account representative for BOC Plastics. Carter also worked for ten years as a multi-media account representative for World Media Enterprises (formerly Media General). In that role she tailored digital, mobile, and print promotional and advertising strategies to meet clients needs. She consistently ranked as one of the top performing account representatives in the company. A native of Lexington, North Carolina, Carter is a 1999 summa cum laude graduate of High Point University. She resides in Spartanburg with her dog, Gracey Jean.
GARRETT HALL
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC VIDEO SERVICES Garrett Hall joined the Wofford staff in June of 2014 as the Director of Video Services. Hall oversees the campus implementation of the SoCon Digital Network, and is responsible for video services throughout the athletic department, including the training of students as members of the Video Services Department. He also works with the Wofford College Communications Department on projects. Hall has been in Charlotte since 2012 working with Scholastic Sports Marketing on the coverage of high school football in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area. He also has experience with Raycom Sports and Global Image Sports in video production. Garrett is a graduate of the University of Tennessee. While at Tennessee, he worked with the men’s basketball program from 2006-10 in several capacities including video production. After graduation, he returned to Memphis to work at WKNO-TV helping produce a weekly sports show highlighting top Memphis sports figures. A native of Memphis, he attended Evangelical Christian in Memphis with current Terrier men’s basketball assistant coach Tim Johnson. Hall currently resides in Spartanburg.
SHELBY TAYLOR TICKET MANAGER
Shelby Taylor is in her ninth year as Wofford’s ticket manager. She joined the Terrier staff in 2006 after working as a sales representative for Powers Solutions. In her role, she supervises all ticket operations including season and game day sales. She has also been responsible for the Terriers move to electronic ticketing for football and basketball. In addition, she serves as the office administrator for the Richardson Building. Taylor is a 1982 graduate of the University of South Carolina-Upstate with a bachelor of science degree in administration. She and her husband David are the parents of a daughter Meg and a son Rob. Meg is a 2014 graduate of Converse College and is completing work on a masters degree, while Rob is a senior at Wofford.
KYLE MATTRACION
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Kyle Mattracion is in his third season on the Wofford staff as Assistant Athletic Media Relations Director. He came to Wofford in July of 2013 and is the primary contact for men’s basketball, volleyball, men’s golf and women’s golf. Prior to joining Wofford, Mattracion was a graduate assistant for two years in the East Tennessee State University athletic media relations department. He also served as a student-intern for two years in the athletic communications department at St. John’s University (N.Y.). In his two seasons at ETSU, Mattracion covered men’s and women’s soccer, track & field, tennis and softball, also filling in to cover select men’s and women’s basketball and baseball games. His duties included writing and disseminating press releases, editing and maintaining media guides, game notes and statistical information, managing social media content, and highlighting ETSU’s coaches and student-athletes with video content and feature stories. At St. John’s, Mattracion had an extensive role in the athletic communication department’s video productions by filming, editing and producing numerous live video streams, press conferences, feature videos and highlight reels for StormTracker All-Access. A native of Beacon, N.Y., Mattracion graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport management from St. John’s in 2011, minoring in business. He added a master’s degree in business administration from ETSU in 2013.
RYAN PRICE
ASSISTANT TO THE AD FOR INTERNAL OPERATIONS
After spending two seasons with the Wofford baseball team, Ryan Price moved to administration on September 1, 2014 to assist in internal operations. In addition to assisting the Athletic Director with daily needs and special projects, Price is responsible for controlling all sport budgets, departmental invoices, and expense reports. He also works closely with the Elizabeth Rabb in compliance and Mark Line in monitoring game operations. Price joined the Terriers in October of 2012 as an assistant baseball coach. In his first season on the staff, the team led the Southern Conference and the nation with 163 stolen bases and was 18th in the nation in sacrifice bunts. In 2014, the team set a school record for wins in a season and reached the Southern Conference Tournament semifinals. Prior to joining the Terriers he was an assistant coach and coordinator of baseball operations at The College of Saint Rose. He also served as an athletic department assistant. A three-time Northeast-10 Conference All-League outfielder at The College of Saint Rose, he was also a threetime Northeast-10 Academic All-Conference pick who made 174 starts. A native of Binghamton, New York, Price received his bachelor’s degree in sport management and mathematics from The College of Saint Rose in 2010 and added a master of business administration in 2011.
MARY KATHRYN JOLLY COORDINATOR OF MEMBER SERVICES / TERRIER CLUB
Mary Kathryn Jolly joined the staff in December of 2014 in the role of coordinator of alumni and athletic relations. This summer she was promoted to member services and event coordinator for the Terrier Club. Jolly’s focus will be on serving as the chair of the annual Terrier Ball Auction and Gala. She will work closely with the Terrier Club Board of Directors as well as oversee the Terrier Club’s website. In addition, she will organize and coordinate a wide variety of special events and programs with an emphasis on alumni and donor relations. Jolly graduated from Wofford in 2012 with a degree in accounting. While a student at Wofford, she worked in the Athletic Marketing Department, and after graduation interned with the Compliance and Terrier Club offices.
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MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR / TERRIER CLUB
CARA BAILIE
Digital Media and Community Relations Coordinator
RACHEL HASSLER
STEPHANIE LANCASTER
MATT MANDICH
RON ROBINSON
Athletic Training Intern
Administrative Assistant
JOSH MEDLER
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Josh Medler is in his third season as Director of Strength and Conditioning at Wofford. He joined the staff in June of 2013 after completing his sixth season on the University of Memphis strength and conditioning staff. He works primarily with the football and men’s basketball teams, while overseeing the strength and conditioning development for all 18 sports at Wofford. While at Memphis for six seasons, he was responsible for the men’s and women’s soccer teams, volleyball team, and the men’s and women’s track sprinters, as well as assisting with football and baseball. Prior to his return to Memphis in 2007, Medler was the head strength and conditioning coordinator for Union Public Schools in Tulsa, Okla. As the first-ever Union system strength coach, Medler was in charge of building a training program for all freshman, junior varsity and varsity athletic teams. Medler first went to Memphis in the summer of 2004 as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach, working with football, baseball, softball, and the track sprinters. Medler graduated with his master’s degree in human movement sciences from Memphis in the spring of 2006. He began his professional career as strength and conditioning coach at Anderson University, a liberal arts NCAA Division III school in Indiana. While at Anderson, Medler was responsible for training the football team and coaching the defensive line. As a native of Berne, Indiana, Medler was a four-year football letterman at Hanover College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2002. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength & Conditioning Association and is a certified level one club coach by USA Weightlifting. Medler resides in Spartanburg.
SAM MALETTE
Athletic Training Intern
GORDON RODGERS Office Assistant
Strength and Conditioning Assistant
CORY SMITH
Media Relations Assistant
MELISSA WELCH
Marketing and Promotions Coordinator
Chaplain
CAROLINE THOMAS
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Luke Feisal joined the staff as the new Terrier Club membership development coordinator on July 1, 2015. Feisal will work closely with regional alumni chapters to plan the Terrier Club’s series of golf tournaments. He will also implement the Goal Line Club, along with other sport specific initiatives. In addition, he will coordinate letterman, parent, and fan development. He will organize and coordinate a wide variety of programs with an emphasis on alumni and donor development. Feisal was a four-year letterman on the baseball team for the Terriers. He played in 117 career games with 71 starts at catcher. During his senior season, the team won 32 games and reached the Southern Conference Tournament semifinals. He was named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll. A native of Greenville, S.C., Feisal graduated from Wofford in 2014 with a degree in finance. Following graduation, he spent a year with FirstBank in Nashville as a portfolio management analyst. He has added experience as an intern the Greenville Drive.
TRACI WILSON
Administrative Assistant
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SPORTS MEDICINE
Regional Sports Medicine at Wofford is the official sports medicine provider of Wofford College athletics. Regional Sports Medicine at Wofford was developed in a partnership with the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. The goal was to elevate the care and services for student-athletes to the highest level possible. By partnering with Spartanburg Regional, the student-athletes have access to all the services and specialties of a teaching hospital as well as a Level 1 trauma center. This includes specialty physicians, diagnostic testing such as MRI and CT, pharmacy services, drug testing and nutritional counseling.
DR. STEPHEN KANA TEAM ORTHOPEDIST
Dr. Stephen Kana is in his 17th year as the team orthopedist for Wofford College. The Saratoga, N.Y. native works out of the Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Center in Spartanburg. Kana received his bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York, before receiving his medical degree from the Georgetown Medical School. He also completed his orthopaedic residency at Georgetown. Prior to coming to Spartanburg in August 1994, Kana worked at the nationally-respected Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles. Kana was recognized by the Wofford Hall of Fame as an Honorary Letterman in 1999. Kana and his wife, Jean, have two daughters: Sarah, a 2011 graduate of Wofford, and Claire.
DR. ERIC COLE TEAM PHYSICIAN
Dr. Eric Cole is in his tenth season as a team family physician for the Terriers. He is in private practice at the Family Medical Center. A 1999 graduate of Wofford College with a degree in biology, he was a four-year letterman on the football team. He earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors as a junior and was the recipient of Carolina Panthers Post-Graduate Scholarship. He also received the Charles Bradshaw Award in 1999. He graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2003 and completed his residency in family practice in Greenwood, South Carolina. While in Greenwood, he was associate team doctor for Lander University. Cole and his wife, Susan, a 1998 graduate of Wofford, have two children, Andrew and Katie.
IVAN CURRY
TEAM PHYSICAL THERAPIST
Ivan Curry is in his tenth year with Wofford as a physical therapist. In his role, he works with student-athletes in the prevention and recovery from injuries. Curry has been on the staff of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System since 2000. He graduated from Wofford in 1990 and was a four-year letterman on the soccer team. In 2000, Curry received his Masters of Science in Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy from MUSC. His sister and three brothers also graduated from Wofford College. A native of Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland, Curry became an American citizen in 2000.
WILL CHRISTMAN HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER
Will Christman is in his eighth season as Wofford’s head athletic trainer. He joined the Terriers in 2008 after working for two years at Furman University. He works primarily with the football team and oversees the athletic training room. At Furman, Christman worked with men’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf in addition to assisting with football. During the 2005 season he interned with the Buffalo Bills. He was a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech for two years while earning his masters degree at Georgia State. In 2002, he was a season-long intern for the Carolina Panthers and also worked for the Panthers during the 2001 training camp at Wofford.
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In addition, he has spent time as an athletic trainer at Wingate University, South Carolina, and Dreher High School. Christman is a certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers Association and is also a National Academy of Sports Medicine Performance Enhancement Specialist. He graduated from Wingate University in 1999 and 2002 with degrees in athletic training and physical education. He added a masters of sports medicine in 2005 from Georgia State. Christman and his wife, Kim, were married in June 2012 and reside in Greenville.
ALYSS HART
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER
Alyss Hart joined the Wofford staff in the fall of 2009 after spending two years at Auburn University. She works with the men’s basketball team, along with men’s and women’s golf and rifle. She also is the insurance coordinator for the department. Hart graduated from Wilmington College of Ohio in 2007 with a degree in athletic training. In 2004, she was a member of the team that won the women’s basketball NCAA Division III National Championship. The squad was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in May of 2014. She earned her master’s of education degree in administration of higher education with a sport management minor from Auburn in 2009. While at Auburn, Hart worked with the tennis teams. A certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Hart also covered events such as the SEC Swimming Championships and SEC Track and Field Championships.
RILEY COX
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER
Riley Cox joined the Wofford staff in July of 2013. He works with the football and baseball teams. He previously spent two years at The Citadel as a graduate assistant athletic trainer. In Charleston he worked with football along with coverage of corps of cadet special activities. A native of Frederick, Maryland, Cox graduated from Salisbury University in 2011 and worked for three years as an athletic training student there. He worked specifically with the football and tennis teams while also in rehab. Cox earned a masters of science degree in health, exercise and sports science from The Citadel in 2013. He is a certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
ZACH LAPINSKI
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER
Zach Lapinski is in his second season at Wofford. He works primarily with men’s soccer, along with cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, and spring football. He joined the Terrier staff in 2014 after spending two years at The Citadel as a graduate assistant athletic trainer. In Charleston he was the men’s basketball athletic trainer and assisted with football and volleyball. Lapinski earned a bachelors degree from Western Carolina University in 2012. While a student, he worked with the Catamount football and track teams. He also spent time at UNC Asheville with the men’s basketball and men’s soccer teams. He also earned a masters degree from The Citadel in 2014. A native of Lawsonville, North Carolina, Lapinski is a certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
CAROLINE ROBBINS
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER
Caroline Robbins will work with volleyball, women’s tennis,
cheerleading, and assist with football this season. For the past two seasons she has been working at Wofford as an intern and moves into a full-time position for 2015. She is a 2013 graduate of Limestone College. A native of Boiling Springs, S.C., Robbins was married in May of 2013 to Radd Robbins. She is a certified athletic trainer through the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.
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